Revisiting MOMS criteria for prenatal repair of spina bifida: upper gestational‐age limit should be raised and assessment of prenatal motor function rather than anatomical level improves prediction of postnatal function
L. Trigo,
R. H. Chmait,
A. Llanes
et al.
Abstract:ObjectivesTo determine if the lower extremity motor function of a fetus with open spina bifida deteriorates within a four‐week interval between their first prenatal motor assessment at 22 weeks of gestation and second presurgical evaluation in cases operated at later gestational age (26‐27 weeks of gestation), and to compare prenatal and postnatal motor function to the anatomical level of the lesion.MethodsMulticenter cohort study involving cases from two centers that perform percutaneous fetoscopic repair of … Show more
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