Pattern and factors affecting management outcome of spina bifida cystica in Ile-Ife, Nigeria

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 277-283

  Alatise, O I ^a   Adeolu, A A ^a   Komolafe, E O ^a   Adejuyigbe, O ^a   Sowande, O A ^a  

^a OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Nigeria; Spina bifida cystica

Indexed keywords

CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; LIQUORRHEA; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGITIS; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEUROSURGERY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NIGERIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPINA BIFIDA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND INFECTION;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NIGERIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYTOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL CARE; RUPTURE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SPINA BIFIDA CYSTICA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

EID: 33747089912     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000094062     Document Type: Review

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