Neural Tube Defects - Practice Guidelines & Helpful Articles

Practice Guidelines

Cheschier N.
ACOG practice bulletin. Neural tube defects. Number 44, July 2003. (Replaces committee opinion number 252, March 2001).
Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2003;83(1):123-33. PubMed abstract

Helpful Articles

PubMed search for review articles on Neural Tube Defects in children for the last 3 years.

Brand MC.
Examining the newborn with an open spinal dysraphism.
Adv Neonatal Care. 2006;6(4):181-96. PubMed abstract

Dicianno BE, Kurowski BG, Yang JM, Chancellor MB, Bejjani GK, Fairman AD, Lewis N, Sotirake J.
Rehabilitation and medical management of the adult with spina bifida.
Am J Phys Med Rehabil. 2008;87(12):1027-50. PubMed abstract

Frey L, Hauser WA.
Epidemiology of neural tube defects.
Epilepsia. 2003;44 Suppl 3:4-13. PubMed abstract

Joseph DB.
Current approaches to the urologic care of children with spina bifida.
Curr Urol Rep. 2008;9(2):151-7. PubMed abstract

Lutkenhoff, M. ed.
Children with Spina Bifida, A Parents' Guide.
2nd ed. Bethesda, MD: Woodbine House; 2007. 978-1-890627-77-5 http://www.woodbinehouse.com/main
This book is a comprehensive guide for parents. It is available from the Woodbine House website. See left side of the page under Special Needs Topic Spina Bifida.

Rossi A, Biancheri R, Cama A, Piatelli G, Ravegnani M, Tortori-Donati P.
Imaging in spine and spinal cord malformations.
Eur J Radiol. 2004;50(2):177-200. PubMed abstract

Rowe DE, Jadhav AL.
Care of the adolescent with spina bifida.
Pediatr Clin North Am. 2008;55(6):1359-74, ix. PubMed abstract

Scales CD Jr, Wiener JS.
Evaluating outcomes of enterocystoplasty in patients with spina bifida: a review of the literature.
J Urol. 2008;180(6):2323-9. PubMed abstract

Sinha CK, Butler C, Haddad M.
Left Antegrade Continent Enema (LACE): review of the literature.
Eur J Pediatr Surg. 2008;18(4):215-8. PubMed abstract

Sullivan PB.
Gastrointestinal disorders in children with neurodevelopmental disabilities.
Dev Disabil Res Rev. 2008;14(2):128-36. PubMed abstract

de Jong TP, Chrzan R, Klijn AJ, Dik P.
Treatment of the neurogenic bladder in spina bifida.
Pediatr Nephrol. 2008;23(6):889-96. PubMed abstract / Full Text