Intrauterine surgery for spina bifida: report of the first successful case in Peru

• Autores: Ventura Laveriano, Walter, Sepúlveda López, Waldo, Mejía Tupa, Marco, Otayza Montagnon, Felipe, Saldaña Montes, Pedro, Devoto Garces, Juan C., Moreno Gonzales, Renato, Silva Zuñiga, John, De la Peña Meniz, Walter, Ingar Pinedo, Jaime, Alvarado Zelada, Jackelyne, Hinojosa Pérez, Julia, Zárate Girao, Mario, Castillo Urquiaga, Walter, Huertas Tacchino, Erasmo, Medina Alva, Pilar, Fernández Haqquehua, Julio, Luna Figueroa, Antonio, Mascaro Sánchez, Pedro
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2018
• Institución: Sociedad Peruana de Obstetricia y Ginecología
• Repositorio: Revista Peruana de Ginecología y Obstetricia
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:ginecologiayobstetricia.pe:article/2039
• Enlace del recurso: https://ginecologiayobstetricia.pe/index.php/RPGO/article/view/2039
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto

We report the first successful case of fetal surgery for spina bifida repair in Peru. A pregnant woman was referred to our center at 23 weeks’ gestation because of prenatal diagnosis of spina bifida. We formed a multidisciplinary international team with the goal of performing the first open intrauterine surgery in Peru. We performed a successful intrauterine surgery at 25 weeks of gestation and a healthy infant was born by cesarean section at 37 weeks of gestation. We demonstrated the feasibility of this complex intrauterine surgery in our local setting.