Surgical approaches in fetal radiography and the study of skeletal age in Macaca mulatta.

The fetal surgery and fetal radiography utilized in longitudinal radiographic study of bone maturation in Macaca mulatta and their implications for fetal surgery are discussed. The novel technique of serial uterotomies and multiple exposure of the same fetus (two-week intervals) starting on 120 days of gestation as well as anesthesia and surgical procedures are presented.