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Under what circumstances would you consider a post-natal myelomeningocele repair rather than a fetal myelomeningocele repair?

I.e., intrauterine versus postnatal myelomeningocele.
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Neurosurgery · Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
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There are certain inclusion and exclusion criteria for fetal repair of myelomeningocele. Fetal repair of myelomeningocele is generally offered only to carefully selected singleton pregnancies that meet anatomic, gestational age, maternal, and exclusion criteria based on MOMS and subsequent instituti...

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