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Department of Pediatrics, McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) and Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Center for Precision Environmental Health, Departments of Molecular and Human Genetics, Molecular and Cellular Biology and Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Division of Pediatric Surgery, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Children's Hospital of Colorado, Colorado Fetal Care Center, Aurora, CO 80045, USA.
Department of Pediatrics, McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) and Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
To investigate height of the corpus callosum (CC) in order to describe the corpus callosum anomalies in fetuses with meningomyelocele (MMC) and compare these findings with the corpus callosum of healt...
In this study, fetal MRI examinations were performed on 44 fetal MMC malformation cases. As the control group, 34 fetal MRI examinations, which were anatomically normal, were evaluated retrospectively...
The mean CC body height was 1.36 mm in the study group, and 2.48 mm in the control group. The height of the CC body region of the study population was inclined to be thinner compared with the control ...
The fact that the height of the CC body region was found to be thinner in fetal MRI in cases of MMC compared with normal fetuses suggests that various callosal anomalies are uncertain, investigation o...
Myelomeningocele (MMC) is a congenital malformation affecting the central nervous system, categorized as a neural tube defect (NTDs). In untreated cases, the mortality rate within the first six months...
This study presents four cases of ruptured MMC that were referred from private hospitals and managed by Hasan Sadikin General Hospital in West Java, Indonesia. Each patiens underwent a clinical assess...
In three of the four cases, the children were over 24 h old when they were admitted to the hospital. Three cases were located in the lumbosacral region while one case was located in the thoracic regio...
Perioperative management is highlighted as vital, necessitating a multidisciplinary approach and precise surgical techniques to mitigate severe complications....
Rectal duplication is a rare congenital anomaly with many clinical presentations, being mostly asymptomatic. Treatment consists of a surgical approach with a good prognosis. We are reporting a case of...
The formation of neural tube defects, such as a meningomyelocele, is often sporadic and more common in monozygotic twin gestations but can be associated with folic acid deficiency and rarely occurs in...
Cri-du-chat syndrome (CdCS) is a rare genetic disorder in which the short arm of chromosome 5 is deleted. This report aims to highlight a rare association with the syndrome. We present a preterm male ...
The purpose of this article was to appraise the various methods of reconstruction for meningomyelocele (MMC) defects....
A systematic review of the literature was performed to evaluate all reconstructions for MMC. The method of reconstruction was categorized by: primary closure with and without fascial flaps, random pat...
Upon systematic review, 567 articles were screened with 104 articles assessed for eligibility. Twenty-nine articles were further reviewed and included for qualitative synthesis. Two hundred seventy pa...
Plastic surgery consultation should be strongly considered for MMC with defects in the lumbosacral/sacral region. Perforator flaps are excellent options for the reconstruction of these defects....
This case report delves into the anesthesia management in a 23-year-old male with complications of meningomyelocele, a catastrophic congenital neural tube defect. The patient, paraplegic since birth w...
A mature cystic teratoma is a mass with heterogeneous appearance, consisting of adult tissue with two or three layers: endoderm, mesoderm, and ectoderm. It is a rare, benign transformation of somatic ...
To investigate the effect of postnatal primary repair surgery time on short-term (first 30 days) prognosis in newborns with Meningomyelocele (MMC)....
The study was conducted in the neonatal intensive care unit at a tertiary training and research hospital. The records of 41 MMC neonates were retrospectively reviewed. Demographic and clinical charact...
There were 18 newborns in the early surgery (≤3 days) group and 23 newborns in the late surgery (>3 days up to 30 days) group.. There was no difference between groups in terms of birth weight, gestati...
Surgical complications were not statistically different between the early and late surgery group, although the presence of surgical complications may be effective in the short-term prognosis of MMC....
Myelomeningoceles with soft tissue defects are often difficult to close primarily and require reconstructive surgery. Furthermore, cases with large skin defects or cases with kyphosis of the spine req...