Spina Bifida-Neural Tube Defect (classification and management)

Spina bifida is a wide term that encompasses an range of disorders of embryonic spinal development. This video outlines the management plan of severe spina bifida cases and teaches us how to recognize more subtle ones. Timeline: 00:00 introduction 00:45 myelomeningocele 01:52 Spina bifida occulta 02:13 Spectrum of severity 02:35 Tethering 02:40 Chiari malformation 06:13 Progressive scoliosis 06:33 seizures 06:45 associated disorders 07:29 Tethered cord 08:54 lipomyelomeningocele 09:20 Cutaneous Hemangioma 09:45 dermal sinus tract