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Rachischisis with hydrocephalus

MedGen UID:
608922
•Concept ID:
C0431315
•
Congenital Abnormality
SNOMED CT: Rachischisis with hydrocephalus (253113003)

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Multidisciplinary management of people with spina bifida across the lifespan.
Koch VH, Lopes M, Furusawa E, Vaz K, Barroso U
Pediatr Nephrol 2024 Mar;39(3):681-697. Epub 2023 Jul 28 doi: 10.1007/s00467-023-06067-w. PMID: 37501019
Spina bifida management in low- and middle-income countries - a comprehensive policy approach.
Pattisapu JV, Veerappan VR, White C, Vijayasekhar MV, Tesfaye N, Rao BH, Park KB
Childs Nerv Syst 2023 Jul;39(7):1821-1829. Epub 2023 May 18 doi: 10.1007/s00381-023-05988-z. PMID: 37199787Free PMC Article
Prenatal diagnosis.
Ferguson-Smith MA
Practitioner 1974 Nov;213(1277):655-66. PMID: 4142084

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Hydrocephalus in Spina Bifida.
Blount JP, Maleknia P, Hopson BD, Rocque BG, Oakes WJ
Neurol India 2021 Nov-Dec;69(Supplement):S367-S371. doi: 10.4103/0028-3886.332247. PMID: 35102990
Experience of 300 cases of prenatal fetoscopic open spina bifida repair: report of the International Fetoscopic Neural Tube Defect Repair Consortium.
Sanz Cortes M, Chmait RH, Lapa DA, Belfort MA, Carreras E, Miller JL, Brawura Biskupski Samaha R, Sepulveda Gonzalez G, Gielchinsky Y, Yamamoto M, Persico N, Santorum M, Otaño L, Nicolaou E, Yinon Y, Faig-Leite F, Brandt R, Whitehead W, Maiz N, Baschat A, Kosinski P, Nieto-Sanjuanero A, Chu J, Kershenovich A, Nicolaides KH
Am J Obstet Gynecol 2021 Dec;225(6):678.e1-678.e11. Epub 2021 Jun 3 doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2021.05.044. PMID: 34089698
Sacral Dimple.
Khairy S, Azzubi M
World Neurosurg 2017 May;101:811.e7-811.e8. Epub 2017 Feb 27 doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2017.02.074. PMID: 28245993
Spina bifida.
Copp AJ, Adzick NS, Chitty LS, Fletcher JM, Holmbeck GN, Shaw GM
Nat Rev Dis Primers 2015 Apr 30;1:15007. doi: 10.1038/nrdp.2015.7. PMID: 27189655Free PMC Article
Spina bifida.
Deshmukh SS
Indian J Pediatr 1997 Nov-Dec;64(6 Suppl):57-61. PMID: 11129882

Diagnosis

Aetiology and diagnostics of paediatric hydrocephalus across Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Aukrust CG, Paulsen AH, Uche EO, Kamalo PD, Sandven I, Fjeld HE, Strømme H, Eide PK
Lancet Glob Health 2022 Dec;10(12):e1793-e1806. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(22)00430-2. PMID: 36400085
Fetal surgery for spina bifida.
Dewan MC, Wellons JC
J Neurosurg Pediatr 2019 Aug 1;24(2):105-114. doi: 10.3171/2019.4.PEDS18383. PMID: 31370010
Spina bifida.
Copp AJ, Adzick NS, Chitty LS, Fletcher JM, Holmbeck GN, Shaw GM
Nat Rev Dis Primers 2015 Apr 30;1:15007. doi: 10.1038/nrdp.2015.7. PMID: 27189655Free PMC Article
Complex forms of spinal dysraphism.
Patnaik A, Mahapatra AK
Childs Nerv Syst 2013 Sep;29(9):1527-32. Epub 2013 Sep 7 doi: 10.1007/s00381-013-2161-1. PMID: 24013322
Spina bifida.
Deshmukh SS
Indian J Pediatr 1997 Nov-Dec;64(6 Suppl):57-61. PMID: 11129882

Therapy

Aetiology and diagnostics of paediatric hydrocephalus across Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Aukrust CG, Paulsen AH, Uche EO, Kamalo PD, Sandven I, Fjeld HE, Strømme H, Eide PK
Lancet Glob Health 2022 Dec;10(12):e1793-e1806. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(22)00430-2. PMID: 36400085
Is there a role in the central nervous system development for using corticosteroids to treat meningomyelocele and hydrocephalus?
Gualberto IJN, Medeiros GA, Santos MV, da Silva Lopes L, Machado HR, Sbragia L
Childs Nerv Syst 2022 Oct;38(10):1849-1854. Epub 2022 Jul 30 doi: 10.1007/s00381-022-05615-3. PMID: 35907004
Experience of 300 cases of prenatal fetoscopic open spina bifida repair: report of the International Fetoscopic Neural Tube Defect Repair Consortium.
Sanz Cortes M, Chmait RH, Lapa DA, Belfort MA, Carreras E, Miller JL, Brawura Biskupski Samaha R, Sepulveda Gonzalez G, Gielchinsky Y, Yamamoto M, Persico N, Santorum M, Otaño L, Nicolaou E, Yinon Y, Faig-Leite F, Brandt R, Whitehead W, Maiz N, Baschat A, Kosinski P, Nieto-Sanjuanero A, Chu J, Kershenovich A, Nicolaides KH
Am J Obstet Gynecol 2021 Dec;225(6):678.e1-678.e11. Epub 2021 Jun 3 doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2021.05.044. PMID: 34089698
Fetal surgery for spina bifida.
Dewan MC, Wellons JC
J Neurosurg Pediatr 2019 Aug 1;24(2):105-114. doi: 10.3171/2019.4.PEDS18383. PMID: 31370010
Spina bifida.
Copp AJ, Adzick NS, Chitty LS, Fletcher JM, Holmbeck GN, Shaw GM
Nat Rev Dis Primers 2015 Apr 30;1:15007. doi: 10.1038/nrdp.2015.7. PMID: 27189655Free PMC Article

Prognosis

Reflections upon the intrauterine repair of myelomeningocele.
Talamonti G
Childs Nerv Syst 2024 May;40(5):1571-1575. Epub 2024 Mar 22 doi: 10.1007/s00381-024-06365-0. PMID: 38514517
Experience of 300 cases of prenatal fetoscopic open spina bifida repair: report of the International Fetoscopic Neural Tube Defect Repair Consortium.
Sanz Cortes M, Chmait RH, Lapa DA, Belfort MA, Carreras E, Miller JL, Brawura Biskupski Samaha R, Sepulveda Gonzalez G, Gielchinsky Y, Yamamoto M, Persico N, Santorum M, Otaño L, Nicolaou E, Yinon Y, Faig-Leite F, Brandt R, Whitehead W, Maiz N, Baschat A, Kosinski P, Nieto-Sanjuanero A, Chu J, Kershenovich A, Nicolaides KH
Am J Obstet Gynecol 2021 Dec;225(6):678.e1-678.e11. Epub 2021 Jun 3 doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2021.05.044. PMID: 34089698
Fetoscopic spina bifida repair.
Miller JL, Groves ML, Baschat AA
Minerva Ginecol 2019 Apr;71(2):163-170. Epub 2018 Nov 27 doi: 10.23736/S0026-4784.18.04355-1. PMID: 30486637
Sacral Dimple.
Khairy S, Azzubi M
World Neurosurg 2017 May;101:811.e7-811.e8. Epub 2017 Feb 27 doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2017.02.074. PMID: 28245993
Spina bifida.
Deshmukh SS
Indian J Pediatr 1997 Nov-Dec;64(6 Suppl):57-61. PMID: 11129882

Clinical prediction guides

Multidisciplinary management of people with spina bifida across the lifespan.
Koch VH, Lopes M, Furusawa E, Vaz K, Barroso U
Pediatr Nephrol 2024 Mar;39(3):681-697. Epub 2023 Jul 28 doi: 10.1007/s00467-023-06067-w. PMID: 37501019
Is there a role in the central nervous system development for using corticosteroids to treat meningomyelocele and hydrocephalus?
Gualberto IJN, Medeiros GA, Santos MV, da Silva Lopes L, Machado HR, Sbragia L
Childs Nerv Syst 2022 Oct;38(10):1849-1854. Epub 2022 Jul 30 doi: 10.1007/s00381-022-05615-3. PMID: 35907004
Experience of 300 cases of prenatal fetoscopic open spina bifida repair: report of the International Fetoscopic Neural Tube Defect Repair Consortium.
Sanz Cortes M, Chmait RH, Lapa DA, Belfort MA, Carreras E, Miller JL, Brawura Biskupski Samaha R, Sepulveda Gonzalez G, Gielchinsky Y, Yamamoto M, Persico N, Santorum M, Otaño L, Nicolaou E, Yinon Y, Faig-Leite F, Brandt R, Whitehead W, Maiz N, Baschat A, Kosinski P, Nieto-Sanjuanero A, Chu J, Kershenovich A, Nicolaides KH
Am J Obstet Gynecol 2021 Dec;225(6):678.e1-678.e11. Epub 2021 Jun 3 doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2021.05.044. PMID: 34089698
Reviewing the prognostic factors in myelomeningocele.
Protzenko T, Bellas A, Pousa MS, Protzenko M, Fontes JM, de Lima Silveira AM, Sá CA, Pereira JP, Salomão RM, Salomão JFM, Dos Santos Gomes SC
Neurosurg Focus 2019 Oct 1;47(4):E2. doi: 10.3171/2019.7.FOCUS19462. PMID: 31574474
Fetal surgery for spina bifida.
Dewan MC, Wellons JC
J Neurosurg Pediatr 2019 Aug 1;24(2):105-114. doi: 10.3171/2019.4.PEDS18383. PMID: 31370010

Recent systematic reviews

The etiology of pediatric hydrocephalus across Asia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Ferris E, Kynaston J, Dalle DU, Ng YJ, Leahy P, Hassan U, Bandyopadhyay S
J Neurosurg Pediatr 2024 Apr 1;33(4):323-333. Epub 2024 Jan 5 doi: 10.3171/2023.11.PEDS23389. PMID: 38181497
Aetiology and diagnostics of paediatric hydrocephalus across Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Aukrust CG, Paulsen AH, Uche EO, Kamalo PD, Sandven I, Fjeld HE, Strømme H, Eide PK
Lancet Glob Health 2022 Dec;10(12):e1793-e1806. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(22)00430-2. PMID: 36400085
What is the Role of Scoliosis Surgery in Adolescents and Adults with Myelomeningocele? A Systematic Review.
Bradko V, Castillo H, Fremion E, Conklin M, Dahl B, Castillo J
Clin Orthop Relat Res 2022 Apr 1;480(4):773-787. doi: 10.1097/CORR.0000000000002087. PMID: 34939968Free PMC Article
Prenatal versus postnatal repair procedures for spina bifida for improving infant and maternal outcomes.
Grivell RM, Andersen C, Dodd JM
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2014 Oct 28;2014(10):CD008825. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD008825.pub2. PMID: 25348498Free PMC Article
Cumulative radiation dose estimates from medical imaging in paediatric patients with non-oncologic chronic illnesses. A systematic review.
Brambilla M, De Mauri A, Lizio D, Leva L, Carriero A, Carpeggiani C, Picano E
Phys Med 2014 Jun;30(4):403-12. Epub 2014 Jan 17 doi: 10.1016/j.ejmp.2013.12.005. PMID: 24440537

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