Articles of category "Spina Bifida (kids and teens)"

Spina bifida is an anomaly of developmental nature that is characterized and identified by a defective closure of the bony encasement of the spinal cord. Spina bifida treatment usually entails surgery within forty-eight hours after birth. Doctors will surgically release the spinal cord, replace the cord back in the spinal canal, and cover it with muscle and skin. Limb paralysis and bowel problems usually will remain. Orthopedic and urology specialists are then asked to treat these problems.

Spina bifida, from Latin meaning split or open spine, is the most common permanently disabling birth defect there is. It occurs during the first month of pregnancy. Spina bifida is a neural tube defect that results in the spinal column not closing completely. However it can be detected before birth and treated immediately. If you find your unborn child has spina bifida it is important to understand more about it.