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Anyone know any new treatments of spina bifida?

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Dr. Nikolaos Zacharias answered

Specializes in Maternal-Fetal Medicine

Fetal surgery.: All interventions for open neural tube defects aim at preventing further neuronal loss and cannot restore damage already done. That is why fetal interventions can prove a major breakthrough in prenatally diagnosed cases: the fetal neuronal plasticity and ability to regenerate damaged tissues is such that a much better long-term outcome can be achieved. http://women.texaschildrens.org/fetalcenter/.

Answered 8/11/2012

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