"Meningomyelocele" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Congenital, or rarely acquired, herniation of meningeal and spinal cord tissue through a bony defect in the vertebral column. The majority of these defects occur in the lumbosacral region. Clinical features include PARAPLEGIA, loss of sensation in the lower body, and incontinence. This condition may be associated with the ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION and HYDROCEPHALUS. (From Joynt, Clinical Neurology, 1992, Ch55, pp35-6)
| Descriptor ID |
D008591
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C10.500.680.610 C16.131.666.680.610
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| Concept/Terms |
Meningomyelocele- Meningomyelocele
- Meningomyeloceles
- Myelomeningocele
- Myelomeningoceles
Acquired Meningomyelocele- Acquired Meningomyelocele
- Acquired Meningomyeloceles
- Meningomyelocele, Acquired
- Meningomyeloceles, Acquired
- Myelomeningocele, Acquired
- Acquired Myelomeningocele
- Acquired Myelomeningoceles
- Myelomeningoceles, Acquired
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| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Meningomyelocele" by people in Profiles.
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Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis of Pediatric Post Neurosurgical Care in a Lower Middle-Income Country: The Zambian Experience. World Neurosurg. 2022 Nov; 167:e784-e788.
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Anesthesia-Related Factors Associated with Preterm Labor and Delivery after Open Fetal Surgery. Fetal Diagn Ther. 2021; 48(1):50-57.
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Increased complications without neurological benefit are associated with prophylactic spinal cord untethering prior to scoliosis surgery in children with myelomeningocele. Childs Nerv Syst. 2019 11; 35(11):2187-2194.
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Spinal column shortening for tethered cord syndrome associated with myelomeningocele, lumbosacral lipoma, and lipomyelomeningocele in children and young adults. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2017 Jun; 19(6):703-710.
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Thirty-day outcomes after postnatal myelomeningocele repair: a National Surgical Quality Improvement Program Pediatric database analysis. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2016 Oct; 18(4):416-422.
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Trends in epidemiology and hospitalization utilization for myelomeningocele repair from 2000 to 2009. Childs Nerv Syst. 2016 Jul; 32(7):1273-9.
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Currarino syndrome and spinal dysraphism. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2014 Jun; 13(6):685-9.
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Cervicothoracic nonterminal myelocystocele with mature teratoma. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2014 Feb; 13(2):204-8.
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Correlation between shunt series and scoliosis radiographs in children with myelomeningoceles. J Neurosurg Spine. 2012 Nov; 17(5):410-4.
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Vertebral choristoma in lipomyelomeningocele: a case report. Pediatr Neurosurg. 2012; 48(1):59-61.