Evolving Practices in Prenatal Open Spinal Dysraphism: A Global Survey of Selection Criteria, Surgical Techniques, and Diagnostic Trends. [PDF]
Prenat DiagnABSTRACT Objective To provide an updated overview of international clinical practice in prenatal repair of open spinal dysraphism (OSD), focusing on evolving eligibility criteria, surgical techniques, and diagnostic standards. Methods A structured online survey was distributed to 83 fetal surgery centers worldwide.
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Role of ultrasonography in screening of spinal dysraphism in infants at risk
The Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, 2022 Background Spinal dysraphism (SD) encompasses congenital spinal defects that result from inappropriate fusion of the different midline osseous, mesenchymal, and neural elements.
Nada Ahmed Hussein +3 more
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A rare case of thoracic lipomyelomeningocele in a young female: A case report
Radiology Case Reports, 2023 Thoracic lipomyelomeningocele is a rare type of congenital occult spinal dysraphism. It is characterized by lipomatous tissue connected to the dorsal spinal cord that protrudes through a spinal defect together with the meninges or spinal cord to form a ...
Suraj Sharma, MD +2 more
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Paediatric Spinal Dysraphism with Comparative Usefulness of Various Magnetic Resonance Sequences [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2017 Introduction: Spinal dysraphism occurs due to failure of fusion of parts along dorsal aspect of midline structures lying along spinal axis from skin to vertebrae and spinal cord. Congenital spinal anomalies may be minimal and asymptomatic like spinal
Deepakkumar Vinodray Mehta
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Prenatal assessment and pregnancy outcomes of foetal low-lying conus medullaris using 3D ultrasound
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2022 Objectives This study aims to follow up on low-lying conus medullaris (CM) cases and explore the correlation between the CM location and the final prognosis.
Baihua Jing, Huijing Zhang, Yu Sun
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Human tail with occult spinal dysraphism and dermal sinus in children
Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports, 2023 Human tails or caudal appendages are rare anomalies defined as lumbo-sacrococcygeal skin-covered appendages. They can be classified as true tails (vestigial structures containing normal tissues and not associated with other anomalies) or pseudo-tails ...
Sarah Crestian Cunha +5 more
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Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports, 2022 Human tails are extremely infrequent and are generally diagnosed after birth, with no antenatal or family history associated with its occurrence.
Josue Rueda +7 more
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Surgical treatment of hydrocephalus and spinal dysraphism
Journal of Acute Disease, 2014 Objective: To identify during intrauterine congenital malformations; Surgery to dysraphism and hydrocephalus neurological benefit, the ability to live independently; Forecast possibility of lowering birth rates with congenital malformations.
Besnik Elshani, Basri Lenjani
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Adult Spinal Hamartoma Involving Conus Medullaris: Brief Review About Associated Congenital Abnormalities and Surgical Outcome [PDF]
International Journal of Medical Arts, 2021 Background: Spinal hamartoma is an extremely rare lesion for symptomatic spinal cord compression in adult population. Without any association of spinal dysraphism and neurofibromatosis, only 3 cases have been reported in the literature. Case description:
Nazmin Ahmed +8 more
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Dynamic Lumbosacral Magnetic Resonance Imaging in a Dog with Tethered Cord Syndrome with a Tight Filum Terminale [PDF]
, 2017 A 1-year and 11-month- old English Cocker Spaniel was evaluated for clinical signs of progressive right pelvic limb lameness and urinary incontinence. Neurological examination was suggestive of a lesion localized to the L4–S3 spinal cord segments.
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