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THE EFFECT OF DEFECT SIZE ON MORTALITY AND MORBIDITY IN PATIENTS WITH NEURAL TUBE DEFECTHatice Turgut, Ramazan Özdemir, İsmail Kürşad Gökçe, Hüseyin Kaya, Selami Çağatay Önal. Abstract | | | Cited by 0 Articles | ABSTRACT
Aim: Neural tube defects (NTD) occur due to errors in the closing of neural canal in embryo. All over the world, the incidence of all forms of NTD varies between 1.4and 2 in every 1000 live births. The aim of the present study was to investigate the short term prognosis, accompanying anomalies and complications in patients with NTD and to evaluate the relation between defect size.
Material and method: Infants admitted to The Neonatology Department with the diagnosis of NTD between the dates of January 2010- December 2017 were included in the present study. Patients were divided into two groups according to the size of NTD;
Key words: Defect size; Neural tube defect; Newborn; Meningomyelocele
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