1. Introduction -- 2. Pathogenesis -- 3. Classification -- pt. I. Spinal defects. 4. Myelomeningocele. 5. Occult spinal bifida. 6. Cervical spinal dysraphism. 7. Lipomyelomeningocele. 8. Meningocele. 9. Hemimyelomeningocele. 10. Diastematomyelia. 11. Terminal myelocystocele. 12.…
Neural Tube Defects are a group of related but individual pathologies that are the most common congenital anomalies of the Central Nervous System. The importance of this condition has generated a large body of literature that seldom was written for the clinician in a comprehensi…
Congenital malformations are worldwide occurrences, they know no national borders, do not distinguish between races, ethnicities, rich or poor. These severe physical abnormalities, present at birth, happen more often than is usually realized, once in every 33 births. They strike…
