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Myelomeningocele: Prenatal and Postnatal Treatment and Complications

Myelomeningocele: Prenatal and Postnatal Treatment and Complications. Alyssa Brzenski. Case.

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Myelomeningocele: Prenatal and Postnatal Treatment and Complications

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  1. Myelomeningocele:Prenatal and Postnatal Treatmentand Complications Alyssa Brzenski

  2. Case • A 25 year old G1P0 at 18 weeks gestation, with no previous past medical history, was found during routine screening to have a fetus with T12-S1 myelomeningocele(MMC). The fetus, during a detailed prenatal ultrasound, is found to have Arnold-Chiari malformation but no other congenital abnormalities.

  3. What is Spina Bifida?

  4. Varying Neural Tube Defects

  5. Spina Bifida

  6. Basics of MMC • 3.4:10,000 births • Related to low folate levels, anticonvulsants (carbamazepine, valproic acid) • Previous child with same partner is a risk factor

  7. Co-morbidities • Sensory motor deficits • Bowel and Bladder Incontinence • Arnold Chiari Type II • Caudal displacement of cerebellar vermis, fourth ventricle, and lower brainstem • Hydrocephalus • Cognitive delay • Lower risk if no VP Shunt needed

  8. Co-morbidities

  9. Latex Allergies • All patients with MMC are labeled as latex allergic • High rates due to recurrent procedures including urinary catheterization • Cross reaction to avocados, banana, passion fruit, kiwi, banana

  10. Management of Myelomeningocele Study

  11. What treatment would you recommend? • How would you anesthetize the mother and fetus for the fetal surgery? • What precautions would you take for a post-natal repair? Anesthetic plan?

  12. Mid-gestational Open Fetal Procedures • Significant risk to Mom- • Hemorrhage (13% required transfusion) • Infection (9% developed chorioamnionitis) • Pulmonary Edema (28%) • Premature delivery • Uterine Rupture • No direct benefit to Mom

  13. Maternal Physiology • Physiology of Pregnancy • Airway/Pulm • Smaller swollen airway • Decreased FRC, Increased Oxygen Consumption • Respiratory Alkalosis • Cardiac • Decreased SVR • Increased CO • Left Uterine Displacement • GI • Full Stomach • MAC • Decreased anesthetic requirements

  14. Fetal Physiology • Cardiac- • Fetus heart rate dependent • Slowing during the procedure detrimental • Heme- • Fetal Blood Volume= 120-160 mL/kg • Hgb = 11.5-12.5 g/dL • Fetal synthesis of clotting factors decreased • Oxygen Delivery • Dependent on placental perfusion • Thermoregulation • Fetus unable to maintain temperature • Must warm any fluid administered to mom and amniotic fluid replacement

  15. Mid-gestation Fetal Surgery • Epidural for Mom- post-op pain control • GA for MOM during the procedure with maintence of Uterine-placental perfusion • Must have profound uterine relaxation- Can use high inspired volatile (2MAC) +/- nitroprusside • Fetus paralyzed and monitored during surgery • Minimize fluid administration to avoid pulm edema • Mom must receive tocolysis prior to awakening and will be monitored for pre-term labor

  16. Post-natal MMC Repair • Infants repaired early after birth • Must be cautious to not injury the neural tissue during moving or intubation • Routine ASA monitors • Prone position for repair • May or may not receive VP Shunt at the same time • Typically remain intubated as infant should not lie supine for the first day

  17. VP Shunts have Complications

  18. Sources • Adzick S et al. A Randomized Trial of Prenatal vs Postnatal Repair of Myelomeningocele. New England Journal of Medicine 2011;364: 993-1004. • Golombeck K et al. Maternal morbidity after maternal-fetal surgery. AM J Obstet Gynecol 2006; 194: 834-9. • Ferschl M et al. Anesthesia for In-utero repair of myelomeningocele. Anesthesiology 2013; 118: 1211-23.

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