In the past, pregnancy was contraindicated in patients with spinal muscular atrophy. Recently, more cases are occurring because of improvement in survival and functional status. The goals for anesthetic management of these patients include satisfactory anesthesia during surgery and excellent postoperative analgesia with minimal compromise of respiratory function.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAim: The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical significance and the management of fetal borderline lateral cerebral ventriculomegaly.
Methods: Fetuses with a sonographic diagnosis of lateral cerebral ventriculomegaly isolated or associated to other fetal malformations were followed monthly and a review of the English-language literature was made.
Results: Of 86 fetuses analyzed, 30 suffered from hydrocephaly (monolateral, bilateral), 56 showed also several other malformations .