Spina Bifida is a neural tube defect (NTD), which occurs within the first 25 days of pregnancy and affects around 1 in 1000 pregnancies in Europe. It cannot be cured, although improved medical interventions mean that many people with Spina Bifida live into old age and have a good quality of life. However lifelong follow-up is required. IF is an umbrella organisation of national organisations of...

The marriage-to-conception interval in 151 pregnancies producing infants with anencephaly or spina bifida was not significantly different from that in 218 pregnancies resulting in normal infants. Significantly more miscarriages occurred before than after the birth of 285 infants with anencephaly or spina bifida, but in 133 controls no before-after difference was observed. These observations see...

Background Spina bifida (SB) is the most common abnormalities in neural tube defects in Iran. The aim of this study was to assess health-related quality of life in mothers of children with spina bifida and to compare their quality of life with mothers of children with cerebral palsy (CP). Materials and Methods Two-hundred and three mothers were recruited using the convenience sampling strategy...

Spina bifida is a generic term describing malformations of the central nervous system in infants. Over 1000 cases of spina bifida were notified in England and Wales in 1971, but this had declined to 360 in 1985, partly due to maternal screening and the acceptance of therapeutic abortion. This paper reviews hypotheses about the causes of spina bifida and uses Poisson probabilities and regression...

Spina bifida is one of the most prevalent major birth malformations with a worldwide incidence of approximately 1:2,000 live births. A myelomeningocele (MMC) is the most frequent form of spina bifida, characterized by the extrusion of the spinal cord and/or nerves through a bony defect of the spine into a sac filled with cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). The severity of symptoms is correlated with the...

PURPOSE Low self-concept and self-esteem are thought to be the main predictors of psychological problems in children and adolescents. Children with spina bifida are thought to be at an increased risk for low self-concept and self-esteem given their disabilities. We examined the impact of urinary continence on self-concept in children with myelomeningocele. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 50 ...

OBJECTIVE Previous reports have suggested that the incidence of spina bifida occulta (SBO) in patients with primary monosymptomatic nocturnal enuresis (PMNE) is higher than the general population. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of spina bifida occulta on the medical treatment outcome of PMNE. MATERIAL AND METHODS Between January 2008 and December 2011, a total of 223 ...

The present study sought to assess the time trends of spina bifida on the basis of cases identified by the Liaoning Birth Defects Registry in 14 cities from 2006 to 2015. We calculated the prevalence of spina bifida, percent and average change of time trends, and contribution rates of each city. Poisson regression model was used to find the line of best fit for spina bifida prevalence by year, ...

Background The aim of this study is to review the medical history of patients with spina bifida, encompassing both aperta and occulta types born between the years 2003 until 2016, spanning a 13-year time period. We assessed each patient and maternal parent information, details of the defects, and conditions associated with the primary defect. We also include information on patients' ambulation ...

Radiological records of 104 patients with multiple vertebral anomalies without apparent spina bifida and 112 infants with spina bifida cystica were surveyed and the incidences of hemivertebrae and of rib, vertebral body, and vertebral arch fusions were recorded. The distributions of these four anomalies along the vertebral axis were found not to be statistically different between the two age gr...