Anaesthetic drugs & techniques
Total intravenous anesthesia for open fetal myelomeningocele repair: a case series from a single-center in Peru (2017–2025)
Authors' conclusion
Total intravenous anesthesia combined with intravenous uterine relaxants was feasible for open fetal myelomeningocele repair in this case series.
Study context
- Population
- Open fetal myelomeningocele repairs, single centre in Peru, January 2017 to July 2025
- Participants
- 25 participants
- Outcome
- Procedures completed under TIVA without volatile anesthetics
Methodological detailssingle-centre
- Single-centre
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
All procedures completed under TIVA without volatile anesthetics
25
Combined magnesium sulfate and nitroglycerin for uterine relaxation
60%
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Safety
Fetal bradycardia
- Fetal bradycardia, cases
- 1
- Fetal bradycardia, proportion
- 4%
Maternal pulmonary edema
- Maternal pulmonary edema, cases
- 0
Original publication
Total intravenous anesthesia for open fetal myelomeningocele repair: a case series from a single-center in Peru (2017–2025). Int J Obstet Anesth. Published 29 August 2026. doi:10.
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