Results of surgical treatment of meningoceles and menigo-encephalocelles in 16 operated cases in Saint- Paul hospital

ABSTRACT

During 3 years over 400 cases with neurological diseases in infants were operated on at the Dep. of Neurosurgery of Hanoi Saint-Paul hospital. Among them, there were only 16 cases with meningocele and meningo-encephalocele (congenital malformations). These patients were from 2 days to 16 months of age. To obtain good results, the diagnosis and treatment must be made early in the first days of life of the children. Results: among 16 cases good15, death1