Precise and systematic knowledge of normal and classified variant anatomy of sacral spina bifida occulta is clinically important for anesthetists in locating sacral hiatus for nerve blocking, neurologists for bladder and bowl disorders, radiologists for correct interpretation of images, orthopedic surgeons for surgical procedures and academically to anatomists for correlating classes, their. Luna ceballos e, dominguez perez me, alvarez nunez r. To correlate quality of life with some studied variables. Veronica silvapinto 1a, bernardo arriaza 2,3,4b, vivien standen 1c. Spina bifida is a congenital malformation resulting from defects in neural tube closure. Spina bifida 1 darrag salim, abubakr, awad elzain, in. Recent evidence from birth order data suggest that maternal factors can differently influence anencephaly and spina bifida. Spina bifida occulta associated with environmental arsenic exposure in a prehispanic sample from northern chile.
Spina bifida is a birth defect in which the vertebral column is open, often with spinal cord involvement. Infants with this condition require surgery in the first days of their life and show varying degrees of sequelae. The most clinically significant subtype is myelomeningocele open spina bifida, which is. Spina bifida 1 in sudan 1 national center of neurological sciences, khartoum, sudan. To measure healthrelated quality of the life of children, adolescents and care givers. Spina bifida or myelodysplasia is an anomaly of multifactorial origin, often congenital, occurring between the third and fourth week of embryonic development and is produced by the partial closure of the neural folds and poor fusion of the vertebral arches. The care of children with spina bifida in the family home esc anna nery rev enferm 2009 outdez. Neural tube defects are the most common congenital conditions of the nervous system particularly in the african countries like. The data collection was carried out from january to may, 2006, by applying a form. The results reveal that 32 78% children and adolescents had myelomeningocele, 22 54% were males. In the present paper, starting from an abortion, in which the fetus had lumbosacral rachischisis, the parents were studied and a spina bifida occulta of sacral localization. Spina bifida is a general term for any neural tube defect also called an ntd that involves the brain, spinal cord, andor meninges protective covering over the brain and spine.
Retrospective study that included children followed in spina bifida clinic. It is a descriptive study, crosssectional, formed by 41 children and adolescents between zero and twenty years of age. The objective is clinical and epidemiological profile of children and adolescents who live with spina bifida. We report the first successful case of fetal surgery for spina bifida repair in peru. Spina bifida programs services how to help events media. Office of communications and public liaison national institute of.