Myelomeningocele Definition

Myelomeningocele Sentence Examples

• Various forms of spina bifida are known as meningomyelocele, myelomeningocele, spina bifida aperta, open spina bifida, myelodysplasia, spinal dysraphism, spinal rachischisis, myelocele, and meningocele.

• However in 1994 the first prenatal surgery to treat spina bifida (myelomeningocele) was performed.

• Between 1997 and 2004, more than 200 open surgeries were performed for myelomeningocele.

• The spinal cord may protrude through a defect in the vertebrae of the spinal column (myelomeningocele).