A Pregnant Woman with Spina Bifida: Need for a Multidisciplinary Labor Plan

Women with spina bifida present both obstetrical and anesthesia challenges. They are more likely to require a caesarian delivery and traditionally neuraxial anesthesia has been avoided due to concerns of worsening neurologic disability. The case of a pregnant woman with a history of a surgically cor...

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Autor principal: O’Neal, Mary Angela
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017
Materias:
Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5645511/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29082228
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2017.00172
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description Women with spina bifida present both obstetrical and anesthesia challenges. They are more likely to require a caesarian delivery and traditionally neuraxial anesthesia has been avoided due to concerns of worsening neurologic disability. The case of a pregnant woman with a history of a surgically corrected lipomeningocele and tethered cord is presented to illustrate the need for a comprehensive labor plan.
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spelling pubmed-56455112017-10-27 A Pregnant Woman with Spina Bifida: Need for a Multidisciplinary Labor Plan O’Neal, Mary Angela Front Med (Lausanne) Medicine Women with spina bifida present both obstetrical and anesthesia challenges. They are more likely to require a caesarian delivery and traditionally neuraxial anesthesia has been avoided due to concerns of worsening neurologic disability. The case of a pregnant woman with a history of a surgically corrected lipomeningocele and tethered cord is presented to illustrate the need for a comprehensive labor plan. Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-10-13 /pmc/articles/PMC5645511/ /pubmed/29082228 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2017.00172 Text en Copyright © 2017 O’Neal. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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