Unified Against a Deadly Cancer
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A gift propels a worldwide consortium devoted to pediatric brain cancer research.
Division of Neurosurgery News and Updates
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MOMS2 Study Shows Benefits of Fetal Surgery for Spina Bifida Endure to Childhood
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Read about follow-up research to the landmark 2011 MOMS study, which showed prenatal surgery for spina bifida has measureable benefits over surgery after birth.
Benefits of Fetal Surgery for Spina Bifida Persist in School-Age Children
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A decade after the MOMS trial, new findings show significant physical and emotional benefits in school-age children who had prenatal surgery for spina bifida.
Once Conjoined, Now Thriving: Abby and Erin Delaney
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See how the conjoined twins separated at CHOP in 2017 are thriving, thanks for the meticulous planning of their surgical team at CHOP.
Precision Treatment for Pediatric Epilepsies: Role of Stereo-EEG in Planning Epilepsy Surgery
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sEEG has revolutionized how drug-resistant epilepsy is managed. Follow one patient’s dramatically improved outcomes after precision monitoring and epilepsy surgery.
Enhancing Parental Involvement with MMC Patients
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A new “care map” for spina bifida seeks to enhance parental understanding of care during the hospitalization of their newborn infants with MMC.
CHOP Patient’s Mysterious Symptoms Solved
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The Philadelphia Inquirer reports on how our experts in the Division of Neurosurgery helped Emily get back to being a healthy teenager.
Using Machine Learning to Predict the Need for Postnatal Cerebrospinal Fluid Diversion in Fetal Ventriculomegaly
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In a retrospective case-control study of 50 patients with VM, machine learning techniques were highly accurate in predicting the need for postnatal CSF diversion.
Update on Delaney Twins Achieves National Attention
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Surgical team reports on the dramatic case in New England Journal of Medicine is gaining worldwide attention.
High-Tech Tools, Tight Teamwork Were Key to Separating Infant Girls Joined at the Head
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CHOP researchers report on the Delaney twins one year after surgery, and on the innovative devices and elaborate teamwork needed to separate the formerly conjoined twins.