Retrospective analysis of early- and late-operated meningomyelocele patients.
Mevlüt Özgür TaskapılıogluBilge TürediOğuz AltunyuvaMehmet Mazhar UtanğaçM Emin BalkanNizamettin KılıçPublished in: Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery (2020)
In the literature, surgery in the first 48 h of life is recommended for MMC patients. There was no difference between the early- and late-operated groups by means of hydrocephalus, urodynamic functions, and motor deficits in our study. Late surgery of intact sacs may avoid complications related to surgery in the neonatal period.
Keyphrases
- end stage renal disease
- minimally invasive
- ejection fraction
- coronary artery bypass
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- systematic review
- peritoneal dialysis
- prognostic factors
- traumatic brain injury
- coronary artery disease
- surgical site infection
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- acute coronary syndrome
- cerebrospinal fluid
- atrial fibrillation