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Fetal endoscopic myelomeningocele repair

D. Shurtleff

2012 · DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2011.04141.x
Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology · 17 Citations

TLDR

There are two major conclusions about this paper: (1) The extremely high complication rates for mother and infant in this study and the principle of primum non nocere indicate that at this time it is unethical to pursue intrauterine endoscopic myelomeningocele repair in humans until the procedure has been perfected in animals.