Results of surgical treatment of 16 patients with menigocele and menigomyelocele in Saint Paul hospital
- Author:
Bai Quang Nguyen
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
menigomyelocele
- MeSH:
Brain Diseases;
abnormalities;
therapeutics;
surgery
- From:Journal of Vietnamese Medicine
1998;231(12):33-36
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
During 3 years, more 400 cases of the brain diseases in children have been operated at the department of neurosurgery of Hanoi Sain - Paul hospital. Among of them, only 16 cases of meningocele and meningoencephalocele who were congenital malformations of neurology with age of 2 days- 16 month of age. The author have presented the clinical and paraclinical manifestations, the indication, and the method of choice for the treatment, and the use of modified technique in the operation. For good results of postoperation, the diagnosis and treatment must be made early in the first days of life of children. Results: among of 16 cases: good 15, death: 1
