Prenatal Spina Bifida Repair: A Survey of Current Practice in the United States

These data emphasize both the delayed adaptation of fetal repair of MMC by major children's hospitals and lack of fellowship-trained specialists involved; only 31% of the major children's hospitals offer prenatal repair of MMC, with only 39% of those hospitals being led by a fellowship-trained fetal surgeon. These data highlight the need for additional teams trained in prenatal MMC repair as well as the standardization of fetal surgery fellowships to allow for the development of prenatal repair teams.