Surrogate Pregnancy After Prenatal Diagnosis of Spina Bifida

Prognosis of spina bifida in the era of prenatal diagnosis and termination of pregnancy.

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the current outcome of a selected prenatally diagnosed spina bifida group. MATERIALS AND METHODS We analyzed and followed up 74 cases of prenatally diagnosed spina bifida. RESULTS Termination of pregnancy was chosen in 72% of the cases and 28% were live-born. Chromosomal defects were identified in 16%, although only 1.6% in isolated cases. Of the 21 live births, 3 died...

Surveillance for anencephaly and spina bifida and the impact of prenatal diagnosis--United States, 1985-1994.

PROBLEM/CONDITION The reported prevalence of anencephaly and spina bifida in the United States has steadily declined since the late 1960s. During this time, the ability to diagnose these defects prenatally has progressed rapidly. Many U.S. birth defects surveillance systems ascertain defects only among live-born infants or among infants and fetuses beyond a certain gestational age, thus excludi...

Prenatal diagnosis of a case of pentalogy of Cantrell with spina bifida.

Terminal myelocystocele: important differential diagnosis in the prenatal assessment of spina bifida.

The most common lumbosacral mass of a fetus is a meningomyelocele that is not covered by skin; however, skin-covered lesions do occur, and they often have a quite different clinical cause and outcome. It is often difficult to make this differentiation on ultrasonography; when a skin-covered mass in the lumbosacral region is encountered, the following differential diagnoses should be considered....

Spina Bifida (Myelomeningocele)