IntroductIon: Failure of neural tube closure early in intrauterine development results in spectrum of abnormalities ranging from spinabifidaocculta, a relativelybenigncondition to meningomyeocele, an abnormality involving vertebral bodies, spinal cord and brainstem. These babies also have associated congenital anomaliese.g.intestinalmalrotation, renal anomalies, cardiac malformations and trache...