ABSTRACT Objective The Management of Myelomeningocele Study (MOMS) trial
demonstrated the safety and efficacy of open fetal surgery for spina bifida aperta (SBA) …

Background The multicenter randomized controlled trial Management of Myelomeningocele
Study demonstrated that prenatal repair of open spina bifida by hysterotomy, compared with …

Iatrogenic preterm premature rupture of the fetal membranes (iPPROM) remains the Achilles'
heel of keyhole fetal surgery (fetoscopy) despite significant efforts in preclinical models to …

Financial Disclosure Ahmet A. Baschat disclosed receiving royalties from UpToDate. James
J. Cummings disclosed that he receives funding from ONY Biotech, Amherst, NY—first as a …

Objective A trial comparing prenatal with postnatal open spina bifida (OSB) repair
established that prenatal surgery was associated with better postnatal outcome. However, in …

Objective This observational study reports on the postnatal mortality and 30‐month outcome
of children who underwent fully percutaneous fetoscopic repair of myelomeningocele (MMC) …

Open spina bifida is the most common congenital anomaly of the central nervous system
compatible with life. Prenatal repair of open spina bifida via open maternal-fetal surgery has …

Worldwide, about 150 000 infants are born with spina bifida yearly, making this condition
one of the most common fetal central nervous system anomalies compatible with life. Over …

Introduction Open fetal myelomeningocele (MMC) surgery is currently the standard of care
option for prenatal MMC repair. We described the population referred to our center and …

ABSTRACT A seminal study titled Management of Myelomeningocele Study, from 2011,
demonstrated that prenatal myelomeningocele defect repaired before 26 weeks of gestation …