Urological evaluation of patients that had undergone in utero myelomeningocele closure: A prospective assessment at first presentation and early follow‐up. Do their bladder benefit from it?

Abstract

Our data suggested that despite in utero MMC surgery, patients are at risk for bladder abnormal function and renal deterioration and should be aggressively treated, not differently from those operated in the post-natal term. This study has the merit of being a prospectively set evaluation performed by one investigator, including the urodynamic study. We acknowledge the need of long-term follow up.