Sequelae of surgical repair of myelomeningocele

ABSTRACT

This study included 42 cases of lumbosacral meningomyelocele, treated surgically in the neurosurgical department in Assiut University Hospital through a period of 1 year. All patients in this series were evaluated as regards the age of presentation, extent of malformation, neurological deficits, as well as the mortality and morbidty of surgical intervention and the neurological status after surgical repair