Myelomeningoceles and Incidence of Shunting

Authors

  • J Gordon Millichap Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-16-3-8

Keywords:

Myelomengocele, Ventricular Shunting, Vitro Fertilization

Abstract

The distribution of postnatally repaired myelomengocele (MMC) lesions, characterized by neurologic and radiologic assessment, and the incidence of shunting were determined and correlated by a retrospective chart review of 297 patients followed at the spina bifida clinic at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

Published

2002-03-01

Issue

Section

Developmental Disorders