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Management Of Myelomeningocele, A Sattar M. Hashim, Shahid Ahmed, Rashid Jooma
Management Of Myelomeningocele, A Sattar M. Hashim, Shahid Ahmed, Rashid Jooma
Section of Neurosurgery
Objective: T To find out best possible protocol to provide productive life to children born with myelomeningocele.
Study design: Descriptive study.
Place & Duration of study: Department of Neurosurgery, Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre Karachi from December 2001 to December 2006.
Patients and Methods: The medical record of 415 children with myelomeningocele operated at our center was reviewed retrospectively. The surgical & medical management protocol used for different sites of myelomeningocele was studied.
Results: The age of most of the patients at the time of myelomeningocele repair was between 25-30 days; however, children with ruptured myelomeningocele were consistently repaired early. All …