Introduction to the Special Focus Session on Fetal Neurosurgery.
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J Pediatr
January 2025
Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine & Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX, United States. Electronic address:
Objectives: To report the neurodevelopmental outcomes after a fetoscopic myelomeningocele (MMC) repair and to compare them with children who had an open-hysterotomy repair or a postnatal repair.
Study Design: 132 infants were included (prenatal repair: 93 [69 fetoscopic and 24 open-hysterotomy]; postnatal repair: 39). Neurodevelopmental outcomes at or beyond 18 months were evaluated by a developmental pediatrician using the Capute scales (Clinical Adaptive Test [CAT]/ Clinical Linguistic & Auditory Milestone Scale [CLAMS]) and/or during parental interview using Developmental Profile 3 (DP-3) test.
Neuroimage
January 2025
Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, University Medical Center Utrecht Brain Center, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, the Netherlands. Electronic address:
Background: Anatomical variations in the circle of Willis (CoW) arteries are common and can affect hemodynamic stress, thereby influencing the risk of cerebrovascular pathology. Previous studies have suggested sex differences in CoW anatomy, but findings vary due to limited study population size and different measurement methods. This study aims to investigate sex differences in artery diameters, anatomical variants and bifurcation angles of the CoW using a large population cohort and semi-automatic measurements.
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January 2025
Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Magee-Women's Hospital, and the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, and the Richard D. Wood Jr. Center for Fetal Diagnosis and Treatment, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; the Department of Neurosurgery, Duke University Medical Center, Duke Children's Hospital, Durham, North Carolina; the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan; the Department of Surgery (and Maternal Fetal Care Center), Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; Children's Minnesota, St. Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota; the Johns Hopkins Center for Fetal Therapy, Baltimore, Maryland; Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee; Wexner Medical Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio; Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, and UC Davis Fetal Care and Treatment Center, Sacramento, California; St. Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri; University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York; and UTHealth Houston Fetal Center, University of Texas McGovern Medical School at Houston, Houston, Texas.
Objective: To assess the association between mode of delivery and 2-year motor function in children with prenatal diagnosis of myelomeningocele.
Methods: A multisite retrospective cohort study of children with myelomeningocele across 14 NAFTNet (North American Fetal Therapy Network) centers born between 2007 and 2020 who had a physical examination available at 2 years of life. Exclusion criteria were in utero myelomeningocele repair, postnatal myelomeningocele diagnosis, missing data on fetal presentation at delivery, and contraindications to labor.
Case Rep Neurol Med
January 2025
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Determining the differential diagnosis of small scalp cysts identified on a fetus is difficult. In particular, many physicians have difficulty differentiating small meningoceles from small scalp cysts during the prenatal period. Volume contrast imaging increases contrast between tissues, thereby allowing an enhanced view of target structures.
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January 2025
Department of biochemistry and molecular biology, College of Life Sciences, Central South University, Changsha, 410078, Hunan, China.
Stem cell transplantation is a promising strategy to establish neural relays in situ for spinal cord injury (SCI) repair. Recent research has reported short-term survival of exogenous cells, irrespective of immunosuppressive drugs (ISD), results in similar function recovery, though the mechanisms remain unclear. This study aims to validate this short-term repair effect and the potential mechanisms in large animals.
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