Simplified correction of a meningomyelocele-like defect in the ovine fetus Correção simplificada de um defeito semelhante à meningomielocele em fetos de ovelha

PURPOSE: To develop a simplified technique for antenatal correction of a meningomyelocele -like defect in fetal sheep to allow direct skin closure. METHODS: A spinal defect was surgically created at 75 days of gestation in the fetuses of 36 pregnant sheep, 23 survived the surgery. At 102 days gestat...

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Main Authors: Rogério Chaccur Abou-Jamra, Paulo Roberto Valente, Andrezza Araújo, Rita de Cássia Sanchez e Oliveira, Paulo Hilário Saldiva, Denise Araújo Lapa Pedreira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira para o Desenvolvimento da Pesquisa em Cirurgia 2009-06-01
Series:Acta Cirurgica Brasileira
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-86502009000300014