ALLMedicine™ Spina Bifida Center

May 17th, 2022 - Spinal dysraphism (SD) or Spina bifida (SB) is a congenital deformity that results from embryonic neural tube closure failure during fetal development. This evidence-based position paper represents the official position of the European Union throu...

May 12th, 2022 - The purpose of this study is to evaluate the feasibility and effectiveness of performing fetoscopic surgical correction of fetal spina bifida. Two surgical approaches will be utilized: the percutaneous technique versus the laparotomy/uterine exter...

May 6th, 2022 - Many patients that are treated with anorectal malformations are fecally incontinent for life. A Bowel Management Program has been developed to help these patients by creating a daily enema regimen to keep them artificially clean of stool in the un...

May 4th, 2022 - Patients meeting inclusion criteria will be enrolled while they are here on campus for a regular clinic visit. Once they consent, they will complete a baseline survey, and will be given the FCAD with the instruction manual and the investigators wi...

Apr 29th, 2022 - History The clinical presentation of pressure injuries (pressure ulcers) can be deceiving to the inexperienced observer. Soft tissue, muscle, and skin resist pressure to differing degrees. Generally, muscle is the least resistant and will become n...

Nov 20th, 2020 - La présente directive clinique révisée vise à fournir une mise à jour sur les aspects génétiques, la prévention, le dépistage, le diagnostic et la prise en charge des anomalies du tube neural. Les femmes enceintes ou qui pourraient le devenir. Il ...

Nov 20th, 2020 - This revised guideline is intended to provide an update on the genetic aspects, prevention, screening, diagnosis, and management of fetal neural tube defects. Women who are pregnant or may become pregnant. Neural tube defect screening should be of...

Nov 15th, 2019 - In childhood, the most common reason for a neurogenic bladder is related to spinal dysraphism, mostly myelodysplasia. Herein, we present the EAU/ESPU guidelines in respect to the diagnostics, timetable for investigations and conservative managemen...

Aug 17th, 2019 - The incidence of spina bifida (SB) is higher in the developing world as compared to the United States because of folic acid deficiency during pregnancy. Advances in technology have made prenatal repair of myelomeningocele (MM) possible. The object...

Aug 17th, 2019 - The incidence of spina bifida (SB) in the developing world is higher than in the United States because of malnutrition and folic acid deficiency during pregnancy. Advances in technology have made prenatal repair of myelomeningocele (MM) possible. ...

May 12th, 2022 - The purpose of this study is to evaluate the feasibility and effectiveness of performing fetoscopic surgical correction of fetal spina bifida. Two surgical approaches will be utilized: the percutaneous technique versus the laparotomy/uterine exter...

May 6th, 2022 - Many patients that are treated with anorectal malformations are fecally incontinent for life. A Bowel Management Program has been developed to help these patients by creating a daily enema regimen to keep them artificially clean of stool in the un...

May 4th, 2022 - Patients meeting inclusion criteria will be enrolled while they are here on campus for a regular clinic visit. Once they consent, they will complete a baseline survey, and will be given the FCAD with the instruction manual and the investigators wi...

Apr 5th, 2022 - Spina bifida can be a devastating neurological congenital anomaly. It results from incomplete closure of the neural tube between 22 and 28 embryological days. Its incidence is approximately 1-2 per 1,000 births. It is considered the most common co...

Feb 23rd, 2022 - The purpose of this case study is to investigate a child with MMC who has significant knee and hip flexion contractures to answer the following research questions: 1) Is a home standing program effective in reducing hip and knee flexion contractur...

Mar 9th, 2022 - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Men with spinal-cord injury are less likely to undergo prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening for prostate cancer compared with the general population, a new study suggests. People with this type of injury are though...

Sep 20th, 2021 - Folic acid is to be added to non-wholemeal wheat flour across the UK to help reduce neural tube defects in babies by around 20%, or 200 cases a year. The decision follows a consultation in 2019 and is based on evidence of successful fortification ...

Jan 4th, 2021 - When Martha Field became pregnant in 2005, a singular fear weighed on her mind. Not long before, as a Cornell University graduate student researching how genes and nutrients interact to cause disease, she had seen images of unborn mouse pups small...

Sep 26th, 2019 - Babies at risk of spina bifida can be operated on while still in the uterus using a new innovative operation, new guidelines said. The decision followed a review by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) of two surgical proce...

Sep 26th, 2019 - Babies at risk of spina bifida can be operated on while still in the uterus using a new innovative operation, new guidelines said. The decision followed a review by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) of two surgical proce...