Spina bifida, among the most common, results from failure of the neural tube and the vertebral bones to close during embryogenesis. Myelomeningocele is the most common severe form of spina bifida.

Furthermore, research on sexual and reproductive health education for patients with myelomeningocele, the most severe form of spina bifida, highlighted gaps in the information provided by ...

This condition is the most serious form of spina bifida, a set of congenital defects in the nervous system that require surgery and cause lifelong disability. In 1980, pediatrician Richard ...

Six-month-old Madelyn Bendzick underwent spinal surgery weeks before she was even born, but those who encounter her smiling face would never know otherwise. Madelyn, the daughter of Matt and ...

Spina bifida, called myelomeningocele, occurs when spinal tissue fails to fuse properly during the early stages of pregnancy. The birth defect can lead to a range of lifelong cognitive, mobility, ...

held in place with a biomaterial scaffold to form a “patch,” helped lambs with spina bifida walk without noticeable disability. “When the baby sheep who received stem cells were born ...

Rodríguez, of Cuban origin, has myelomeningocele, the most serious form of spina bifida, which affects his mobility. “The computer is my life. I used to go out, but after Covid-19 I decided not ...