Anesthetic management in intrauterine surgery to evaluate an experimental model of myelomeningocele in non human primates (Macaca mulatta)

Abstract

Purpose: Evaluate the anesthetic management in intrauterine surgery to induce myelomeningocele in non human primates Macaca mulatta. Methods: A total of nine fetuses had intrauterine surgery; laminectomy was performed on them in L5 and L6. The studied variables were: maternal death, fetus death, cardiac frequency, respiratory frequency, arterial pressure, temperature, and oxygen saturation. Results: No maternal or fetal deaths occurred; the only variable that was reported below the normal ranges was temperature. Conclusion: No maternal or fetal deaths occurred; the only variable that was reported below the normal ranges was temperature.