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Survival at 5 years of a cohort of newborn infants with myelomeningocele.
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Worley, G; Schuster, JM; Oakes, WJ
Published in: Dev Med Child Neurol
September 1996
Over a nine-year period, 63 viable newborns with myelomeningocele were consecutively treated, of whom 11 (17%) developed brainstem symptoms assessed to be potentially life-threatening. All 11 underwent brainstem decompression by cervical laminectomy with stent placement between the fourth ventricle and the spinal subarachnoid space, at a median age of 8 months. 86% survived to 60 months of age. Those with brainstem dysfunction had a significantly greater mortality than those without, despite aggressive neurosurgical management by brainstem decompression.
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Dev Med Child Neurol
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0012-1622
Publication Date
September 1996
Volume
38
Issue
9
Start / End Page
816 / 822
Location
England
Related Subject Headings
- Survival Rate
- Pediatrics
- Meningomyelocele
- Male
- Infant, Newborn
- Humans
- Female
- Cohort Studies
- Child, Preschool
- Brain Stem
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Worley, G., Schuster, J. M., & Oakes, W. J. (1996). Survival at 5 years of a cohort of newborn infants with myelomeningocele. Dev Med Child Neurol, 38(9), 816–822. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8749.1996.tb15116.x
Worley, G., J. M. Schuster, and W. J. Oakes. “Survival at 5 years of a cohort of newborn infants with myelomeningocele.” Dev Med Child Neurol 38, no. 9 (September 1996): 816–22. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8749.1996.tb15116.x.
Worley G, Schuster JM, Oakes WJ. Survival at 5 years of a cohort of newborn infants with myelomeningocele. Dev Med Child Neurol. 1996 Sep;38(9):816–22.
Worley, G., et al. “Survival at 5 years of a cohort of newborn infants with myelomeningocele.” Dev Med Child Neurol, vol. 38, no. 9, Sept. 1996, pp. 816–22. Pubmed, doi:10.1111/j.1469-8749.1996.tb15116.x.
Worley G, Schuster JM, Oakes WJ. Survival at 5 years of a cohort of newborn infants with myelomeningocele. Dev Med Child Neurol. 1996 Sep;38(9):816–822.
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Published In
Dev Med Child Neurol
DOI
ISSN
0012-1622
Publication Date
September 1996
Volume
38
Issue
9
Start / End Page
816 / 822
Location
England
Related Subject Headings
- Survival Rate
- Pediatrics
- Meningomyelocele
- Male
- Infant, Newborn
- Humans
- Female
- Cohort Studies
- Child, Preschool
- Brain Stem