Trend in ventricle size during pregnancy and its use for prediction of ventriculoperitoneal shunt in fetal open neural tube defect.
Roopali V DonepudiClifton O BrockS SchulteE BundockS FletcherA JohnsonRamesha PapannaS ChauhanK TsaoPublished in: Ultrasound in obstetrics & gynecology : the official journal of the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology (2020)
VS increased with advancing GA in all fetuses with ONTD, although in the IUR group this increase occurred immediately after fetal surgery and in the PNR group it occurred after 30 weeks of gestation. In-utero surgery was associated with a decreased rate of VPS and was more predictive of need for VPS than was VS. Postnatal factors resulting in increased need for VPS in the PNR group need to be assessed further. Copyright © 2019 ISUOG. Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.