Neurological Outcomes after Human Umbilical Cord Patch for In Utero Spina Bifida Repair in a Sheep Model

• Main Authors: Ramesha Papanna (Author), Lovepreet K. Mann (Author), Saul Snowise (Author), Yisel Morales (Author), Sanjay P. Prabhu (Author), Scheffer C. G. Tseng (Author), Raymond Grill (Author), Stephen Fletcher (Author), Kenneth J. Moise Jr (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc., 2016-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Objectives The objective of our study was to test the hypothesis that in utero repair of surgically created spina bifida in a sheep model using cryopreserved human umbilical cord (HUC) patch improves neurological outcome. Methods Spina bifida with myelotomy was surgically created in timed p...