This page includes selected publications from 2012 and 2011 by members of the CHOP Center for Fetal Diagnosis and Treatment, in the order they were indexed by PubMed. Links to abstracts are provided where available. Earlier publications are categorized by topic and can be found elsewhere.
Adzick NS. Fetal surgery for myelomeningocele: trials and tribulations. J Pediatr Surg. 2012 Feb;47(2):273-81. Cited in PubMed; PMID 22325376. Read the abstract
Bebbington MW, Danzer E, Moldenhauer J, Khalek N, Johnson MP. Radio frequency ablation vs. bipolar umbilical cord coagulation in the management of complex monochorionic pregnancies. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. Epub 2012 Feb 3. doi: 10.1002/uog.11122. Cited in PubMed; PMID 22302774. Read the abstract
Danzer E, Johnson MP, Adzick NS. Fetal surgery for myelomeningocele: progress and perspectives. Dev Med Child Neurol. 2012 Jan;54(1):8-14. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2011.04049.x. Epub 2011 Jul 11. Review. Cited in PubMed; PMID: 21745203. Read the abstract
Davey MG, Zoltick PW, Todorow CA, Limberis MP, Ruchelli ED, Hedrick HL, et al. Jaagsiekte sheep retrovirus pseudotyped lentiviral vector-mediated gene transfer to fetal ovine lung. Gene Ther. 2012 Feb;19(2):201-9. doi: 10.1038/gt.2011.83. Epub 2011 Jun 9. Cited in PubMed; PMID 21654824. Read the abstract
Bebbington MW, Danzer E, Johnson MP, Adzick NS. Open fetal surgery for myelomeningocele. Prenat Diagn. 2011 Jul;31(7):689-94. doi: 10.1002/pd.2805. Epub 2011 Jun 8. Review. Cited in PubMed; PMID 21656790. Read the abstract
Beck V, Davey MG, Mayer S, Froyen G, Deckx S, Klaritsch P, et al. A longer tracheal occlusion period results in increased lung growth in the nitrofen rat model. Prenat Diagn. 2012 Jan;32(1):39-44. doi: 10.1002/pd.2881. Epub 2011 Nov 3. Cited in PubMed; PMID 22052745. Read the abstract
Cahill AM, Nijs E, Ballah D, Rabinowitz D, Thompson L, Rintoul N, Hedrick H, et al. Percutaneous sclerotherapy in neonatal and infant head and neck lymphatic malformations: A single center experience. J Pediatr Surg. 2011 Nov;46(11):2083-95. Cited in PubMed; PMID 22075337. Read the abstract
Danzer E, Adzick NS. Fetal surgery for myelomeningocele: Patient selection, perioperative management and outcomes. Fetal Diagn Ther. 2011;30(3):163-73. Cited in PubMed; PMID 21849764. Read the abstract
Danzer E, Gerdes M, Bebbington MW, Koh J, Adzick NS, Johnson MP. Preschool neurobehavioral outcome following fetal myelomeningocele surgery. Fetal Diagn Ther. 2011;30(3):174-9. Epub 2011 Sep 8. Cited in PubMed; PMID 21912086. Read the article
Danzer E, Hedrick HL. Neurodevelopmental and neurofunctional outcomes in children with congenital diaphragmatic hernia. Early Hum Dev. 2011 Sep;87(9):625-32. Epub 2011 Jun 2. Review. Cited in PubMed; PMID 21640525. Read the abstract
Davey MG, Flake AW. Genetic therapy for the fetus: a once in a lifetime opportunity. Hum Gene Ther. 2011 Apr;22(4):383-5. Cited in PubMed; PMID 21486158. No abstract available.
Grant RA, Heuer GG, Carrión GM, Adzick NS, Schwartz ES, Stein SC, et al. Morphometric analysis of posterior fossa after in utero myelomeningocele repair. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2011 Apr;7(4):362-8. Cited in PubMed; PMID 21456906. Read the abstract
Roybal JL, Moldenhauer JS, Khalek N, Bebbington MW, Johnson MP, Hedrick HL, et al. Early delivery as an alternative management strategy for selected high-risk fetal sacrococcygeal teratomas. J Pediatr Surg. 2011 Jul;46(7):1325-32. Cited in PubMed; PMID 21763829. Read the abstract
Adzick NS, Thom EA, Spong CY, Brock III JW, Burrows PK, Johnson MP, et al. A randomized trial of prenatal versus postnatal repair of myelomeningocele. N Engl J Med. 2011 Mar 17;364(11):993-1004. Epub 2011 Feb 9. Cited in PubMed; PMID 21306277. Read the article
Updated March 2012