Recognizable neonatal clinical features of aplasia cutis congenita [PDF]
Background: Aplasia cutis congenita (ACC), classified in nine groups, is likely to be underreported, since milder isolated lesions in wellbeing newborns could often be undetected, and solitary lesions in the context of polymalformative syndromes could ...
Antona V. +5 more
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Response to: Prenatal Diagnosis and Postnatal Outcome of Closed Spinal Dysraphism, by Bedei et al. [PDF]
Jean‐Marie Jouannic +4 more
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Neural tube defects: recent advances, unsolved questions, and controversies [PDF]
Neural tube defects are severe congenital malformations affecting around one in every 1000 pregnancies. An innovation in clinical management has come from the finding that closure of open spina bifida lesions in utero can diminish neurological ...
Copp, AJ, Greene, NDE, Stanier, P
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Spina bifida is a birth defect in which the vertebral column is open, often with spinal cord involvement. The most clinically significant subtype is myelomeningocele (open spina bifida), which is a condition characterized by failure of the lumbosacral ...
Adzick, NS +5 more
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Myelocystocele in Focus: MRI Insights into a Rare Neurological Condition [PDF]
A three-month-old female child initially presented with a palpable back bulge with intact overlying skin, noticed by the mother since, birth. Clinically, there was lower extremity paralysis and sensory impairment since, birth.
Niharika Prasad +2 more
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Congenital spinal dysraphism with infected sacrococcygeal sinus tract: need for improved awareness amongst clinicians [PDF]
Spinal dysraphism (SD) includes a group of developmental anomalies resulting from failure of fusion of parts along dorsal aspect of midline structures lying along spinal axis from skin to vertebrae and spinal cord.
Ahmed, Shameem +2 more
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Frequency of SCF Leakage in Post-operative Patients of Tethered Spinal Cord in A Tertiary Care Hospital [PDF]
Objective: The study aimed to report the incidence of CSF leakage in patients with a tethered spinal cord, post-operatively. Materials and Methods: A total of 75 individuals aged more than 2 years and of either gender who were hospitalized for surgery ...
Anwar, Taimoor +5 more
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Evaluation of Cerebral and Spinal Abnormalities on Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Infants with Myelomeningocele: A Retrospective Observational Study [PDF]
Introduction: Spinal dysraphism includes a diverse collection of congenital spinal abnormalities that occur due to flawed closure of the neural tube and can be classified as open or closed types.
Sweta Swaika
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Long subcutaneous tunnelling reduces infection rates in paediatric external ventricular drains [PDF]
Purpose The aim of this study is to report the efficacy of long subcutaneous tunnelling of external ventricular drains in reducing rates of infection and catheter displacement in a paediatric population. Methods In children requiring external ventricular
Chakraborty, A +3 more
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Spectrum of Spinal Dysraphism in Pediatric Patients in a Tertiary Care Hospital [PDF]
Objectives: To report the spectrum of spinal dysraphism presenting in pediatric patients admitted to the Department of Neurosurgery Lady reading hospital Peshawar.
Gul, Huma +3 more
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