ReviewThe journal of spinal cord medicine2015
Who needs surgery for pediatric myelomeningocele? A retrospective study and literature review.
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- Dental Management of Child with Myelomeningocele Associated with Type II Arnold-Chiari Malformation: Case Report and Review of Literature.International journal of clinical pediatric dentistry · 2025Article
- Concurrent myelomeningocele and sagittal craniosynostosis: illustrative case.Journal of neurosurgery. Case lessons · 2025Article
- Meningomyelocele Perioperative Management in Neonatal: Case Series.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Clinical presentation and outcomes of neonates born with neural tube defects- an experience from a level III B NICU in Western India.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2024Observational
- Postnatal Repair of Open Neural Tube Defects: A Single Center with 90-Month Interdisciplinary Follow-Up.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Article
- A perspective in the management of myelomeningocoele in the KwaZulu-Natal Province of South Africa.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2020Observational
- Kyphectomy in neonates with meningomyelocele.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2019Article
- A comparison of the MOMS trial results to a contemporaneous, single-institution, postnatal closure cohort.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2017Article
- Risk factors, presentation and outcome of meningomyelocele repair.Pakistan journal of medical sciencesArticle
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Abstract
introductionChildren with myelomeningocele (MMC) are usually subjected to multiple surgeries. However, the number and type of surgeries are not the same in every patient with MMC over time. This report summarizes the surgical interventions in a cohort of several ages. MATERIALS AND
methodsData on all of the patients with MMC, aged from 1 year and 10 months to 21 years and 11 months, were retrospectively reviewed at the Dona Estefânia Hospital in Lisbon, Portugal. Data were collected by chart review and individual interviews. The factors analyzed were demographics, ambulatory status, neurological level of involvement, shunt status, Arnold-Chiari malformation type II, surgical history, and occurrence of fracture. The surgical interventions were categorized as neurosurgical, orthopedic, urinary, ulcer repair and others.
resultsA total of 84 alive were eligible and enrolled. The average age was 14 years and six months. A total of 59 patients received shunts (all but one ventriculoperitoneal). In the study group, the 84 patients required 663 surgeries. Neurosurgical interventions were the most frequent surgical procedure and predominated during the first 2 years of life. Surgical interventions related to shunts were the most common neurosurgical interventions. Orthopedic surgeries were more frequent in the age group 6-12 years. Urological surgeries were done mainly after 6 years of age. Surgical repair of pressure ulcers was more common after 12 years of age.
conclusionsOur study brings to light the complexity of this condition, with multiple surgeries among patients with MMC.
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