Prevalence of supratentorial anomalies assessed by magnetic resonance imaging in fetuses with open spina bifida.

Objectives: To determine the prevalence of brain anomalies at the time of preoperative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) assessment in fetuses eligible for prenatal open spina bifida (OSB) repair, and to explore the relationship between brain abnormalities and features of the spinal defect.

Methods: This was a retrospective cross-sectional study, conducted in three fetal medicine centers, of fetuses eligible for OSB fetal surgery repair between January 2009 and December 2019. MRI images obtained as part of the presurgical assessment were re-evaluated by two independent observers, blinded to perinatal results, to assess: (1) the type and area of the defect and its anatomical level; (2) the presence of any structural central nervous system (CNS) anomaly and abnormal ventricular wall; and (3) fetal head and brain biometry.

Characteristics of referred patients with twin-twin transfusion syndrome who did not undergo fetal therapy.

Introduction: Abundant research has reported twin-twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS) outcomes following fetal therapy. Our research describes TTTS patients who did not undergo fetal therapy.

Methods: Records from TTTS pregnancies evaluated at 16 to 26 gestational weeks were reviewed between January 2006 and March 2017.

Prenatally diagnosed fetal tumors of the head and neck: a systematic review with antenatal and postnatal outcomes over the past 20 years.

Aim: The aim of this study was to review prenatally diagnosed tumors of the head and neck in the fetus and to report antenatal and postnatal outcomes.

Methods: PubMed/Medline, EMBASE/SCOPUS, Cochrane database and Google Scholar were reviewed over the last 20 years. No language or article type restriction was used.