0 a Latin word meaning "spine" (= the column of bones down the back), used in medical names and descriptions --
Open spina bifida: outcome for a complete cohort treated unselectively and followed into adulthood.
By contrast, maternal - fetal surgery for spina bifida involves intervening for a nonlethal anomaly.
The incidence of spina bifida is often underestimated because in public records many instances of hydrocephalus secondary to spina bifida are classified as 'hydrocephalus'.
When the neural tube fails to close at the caudal end, a severe form of spina bifida known as rachischisis occurs.
Physicians reported 22 such cases, all of which involved newborns with spina bifida and hydrocephalus.
Special studies, however, indicate that there are about 20 % more births with spina bifida than with anencephaly.
Let's assume that folic acid is necessary to reduce the chance of the foetus developing spina bifida.
Traumatizing effect of breech delivery on infants with spina bifida.
