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  2. Spina bifida - Wikipedia

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    Spina bifida (SB; /ˌspaɪnə ˈbɪfɪdə/, [9] Latin for 'split spine') [10] is a birth defect in which there is incomplete closing of the spine and the membranes around the spinal cord during early development in pregnancy. [1] There are three main types: spina bifida occulta, meningocele and myelomeningocele. [1]

  3. Category:People with spina bifida - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "People with spina bifida" The following 126 pages are in this category, out of 126 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9.

  4. Shine (charity) - Wikipedia

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    helping young people access services to progress towards control of their lives; responding to the needs of adults with spina bifida and/or hydrocephalus. They do this by employing a network of advisers throughout England, Wales and Northern Ireland who deliver advice, support and advocacy services. Their staff also include specialist advisers ...

  5. Kourtney Kardashian Barker says son Rocky needed fetal ... - AOL

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    Abigail, who has a heart-shaped scar on her back from her fetal surgery, is now 2 1/2 years old. Between having spina bifida and being born prematurely, Staten's daughter has health concerns, such ...

  6. Cleveland Clinic performs its first-ever in utero surgery to ...

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    According to the CDC, approximately 1,645 babies are born with spina bifida each year in the United States. During the fetal surgery to correct the condition, a C-section-like incision is made to ...

  7. Fetal surgery - Wikipedia

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    Prenatal repair of spina bifida is available in specialty centers. Fetuses treated with prenatal fetal repair have significantly improved outcomes compared to children whose defects are repaired shortly after birth. [6] Specifically, fetal repair reduces the rate of hydrocephalus, ventriculoperitoneal shunt dependence, and Chiari malformation ...

  8. Tethered cord syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Tethering of the spinal cord tends to occur in the cases of Spina bifida with mylomeningocele. In most people the spine grows faster than the spinal cord during development which causes the end of the spinal cord to appear to rise relative to the bony spine next to it. By the time of birth the spinal cord is located between L1 and L2.

  9. Tatyana McFadden - Wikipedia

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    McFadden was born in Leningrad, then Soviet Union, on April 21, 1989.She was born with spina bifida, a congenital disorder that paralyzed her from the waist down. After her birth mother abandoned her in an orphanage that was too poor to afford a wheelchair for her, she walked on her hands for the first six years of her life.