Concepts in the neurosurgical care of patients with spinal neural tube defects: An embryologic approach.
Jeffrey P BlountTimothy M GeorgeJoyce KoueikBermans J IskandarPublished in: Birth defects research (2019)
Surgical closure of MMC centers on approximated realignment of embryologically disordered neural tissue. Clinical surgical management decisions in the spinal NTDs remains challenging but standardized principles have emerged.