Anesthesia for myelomeningocele surgery in fetus.

Background: Administering anesthesia for prenatal repair of myelomeningocele reveals several issues that are unique to this new form of treatment. This includes issues such as fetal well-being, surgical conditions and monitoring, among others. Exploring, analyzing, and understanding the different variables that are involved will help us reduce the high level of risk associated with this surgery.

Minilaparotomy hysterectomy assisted by self-retaining elastic abdominal retractor.

Study Objective: To verify the efficacy and safety of minilaparotomy hysterectomy using a self-retaining elastic abdominal retractor.

Design: Retrospective study (Canadian Task Force classification II-3).

Setting: Private hospital, department of obstetrics and gynecology.