Pregnancy and delivery after myelomeningocele repair, ventriculoperitoneal shunt implantation, and augmentation cystoplasty.

Masahiro KamedaEtsuko TakaharaMotomu KobayashiKatsumi SasakiRyuta MoriharaIsao Date

Published in: Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery (2017)

In a pregnant myelomeningocele patient with a VP shunt, neurosurgeons are expected to manage the VP shunt during pregnancy and delivery. The possible types of delivery style and the best options based on the neurological deficit should be discussed together with a medical team.

Keyphrases

pulmonary artery
healthcare
pregnant women
palliative care
preterm birth
pulmonary hypertension
quality improvement
pulmonary arterial hypertension
disease virus