Spina Bifida

Neurosurgery.- Syringomyelia.- Plenary Sessions.- Pathophysiology and Surgical Treatment of Syringomyelia Associated with Spinal Dysraphism.- Chiari Malformation and Syringomyelia.- Moderator’s Comments.- Parallel Sessions.- Syringomyelia with MMC: Management with Reference to its Progression.- Treatment of Hydro/Syringomyelia Associated with Spina Bifida.- Pathogenesis of Syringomyelia.- Treatment of Syringomyelia.- Lipoma, Tethered Spinal Cord.- Plenary Sessions.- Anatomy of the Spinal Cord with Meningomyelocele and Tethered Cord Symptoms.- The Tethered Spinal Cord.- Spina Bifida Occulta with Tethered Spinal Cord.- Parallel Sessions.- Spinal Dysraphism—A Study of 119 Patients at AIIMS.- Operative Treatment of Adult Spinal Cord Lipoma—Report of Six Cases.- Currarino Syndrome and Related Conditions.- Congenital Spinal Hernia on First Thoracic Vertebral Level.- Surgical Treatment of Lipomyelomeningocele for Prevention of Postoperative Retethering.- Untethering Accompanied with Dural Plasty Using Gore-Tex Membrane.- Neurosurgical Treatment of Spasticity in Spina Bifida—Role of Rhizotomy and Its Limitations: Review.- Analysis of Patients with Spinal Lipoma Reoperated on for Retethering.- Moderator’s Comments.- Moderator’s Comments.- Rightfulness of the Life-Saving Operation for Neural Tube Disorders: Long-Term Follow-Up Evaluation of Quality of Life.- Preoperative Symptomatic Progression of Lumbosacral Lipoma Operated on After Age One.- Management of Spinal Lipoma in Children—Comparison of Neurological Status Between Surgical and Nonsurgical Cases.- Treatment of Tethered Spinal Cord.- Surgical Treatment for Delayed Tethered Cord Syndrome After Repair of Myelomeningocele.- Moderator’s Comments.- Tethered Cord Syndrome in Low Motor Level Children with Myelomeningocele.- Intraspinal Lipoma Associated with Tethered Cord Syndrome in School-Age and Adolescent Patients: Surgical Management and Prognosis.- Importance of Morphological Classification for Surgical Treatment of Lumbosacral Lipoma.- Clinical Analysis of Congenital Dermal Sinus in the Sacrococcygeal Region—Experience of Five Cases.- Hindbrain Anomalies.- Plenary Sessions.- The Cause of the Chiari Malformation.- Nonneoplastic Retrocerebellar Cystic Lesions—with Special References to Dandy-Walker Syndrome (DWS).- Discussion and Moderators’ Comments.- Parallel Sessions.- Studies on Natural Development of Brainstem Function with Asymptomatic Myelomeningocele from School-Age to Adolescence Using Brainstem Auditory Evoked Potentials (BAEPs).- Respiratory Disturbance in Type II Chiari Malformation.- Hydrocephalus.- Plenary Sessions.- Hydrocephalus Associated with Spina Bifida: Specific Pathophysiology and Therapeutic Problems.- Endoscopic Surgery for Obstructive Hydrocephalus.- Chronic Hydrocephalus Associated with Spina Bifida.- Parallel Sessions.- Developmental Outcome in Spinal and Cranial Dysraphism.- Possibility of Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt (VPS) Removal in Hydrocephalic Patients with Meningomyelocele (MMC).- Neuroendoscopic Management of Shunt Complications.- Clinical Significance of the Ventricular Size in Hydrocephalic Children.- Dual-Switch Valve: A New Concept in the Treatment of Hydrocephalus Avoiding Inappropriate Drainage.- Moderator’s Comments.- Slit Ventricle Syndrome in Children: Clinical Presentation and Treatment.- Treatment of Hydrocephalus Associated with Spina Bifida.- Shunt Complications in School-Age and Adolescent Patients with Spina Bifida.- Long-Term Management of Shunt Problems for Spina Bifida in School-Age and Adolescent Patients.- Moderator’s Comments.- Ideal Management.- The “Ideal” Management of Children with Spina Bifida in the Future.- Neurosurgical Perspective in Ideal Treatment and Therapy for Children with Spina Bifida.- Experimental Studies.- Experimental Analysis: The Causes of Neural Tube Defects and Chiari II Type Malformation, and the Important Role of Normal Neurulation in Their Prevention.- The Pathogenesis of Myeloschisis: Experimental Studies.- Functional Roles of Basic Helix-Loop-Helix (bHLH) Transcription Factors in Proliferation and Differentiation of Neural Tube Cells.- Pathogenesis of Cerebellar Deformity in Chiari Type I Malformation Caused by Mumps-Associated Hydrocephalus in Hamsters.- Orthopedics.- Gait Disturbance.- Plenary Sessions.- A Social History of People with Physical Disabilities, Including Spina Bifida.- Moderator’s Comments.- Deformity and Gait.- Moderator’s Comments.- The Application of Gait Analysis to the Treatment of Children with Spina Bifida: A Look Back and as We Move Forward.- Moderator’s Comments.- Parallel Sessions.- Ability in Walking is a Predictor of Bone Mineral Density and Body Composition in Prepubertal Children with Myelomeningocele.- Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Hip Extensor and Knee Flexor Muscles in Patients with Spina Bifida.- Bracing for Ambulation: Basic Principles, Brace Alternatives by Motor Level and Predictive Long-Term Goals.- Comprehensive Rehabilitation of Adults with Spina Bifida.- The Energy Cost of Walking in Children with Spina Bifida.- Moderator’s Comments.- Hip Pathology.- The Management of Hip Pathology in Spina Bifida.- Paralytic Dislocation and Subluxation of the Hip in Myelomeningocele—Comparison of Surgical and Nonsurgical Groups.- Radical Hip Release in Spina Bifida Patients—an Aid to Improving Mobility.- Surgical Correction of Myelomeningocele Hip.- The Hip—Current Treatment.- External Oblique Abdominal Muscle Transfer.- Moderator’s Comments.- Moderator’s Comments.- Spine Pathology.- The Natural History of Scoliosis in Myelomeningocele.- Scoliosis Associated with Syringomyelia.- Experience with Decancellation Kyphectomy for the Correction of Kyphosis in Children with Myelomeningocele.- The Surgical Correction of Myelomeningocele Kyphosis.- Moderators’ Comments.- Foot Pathology.- The Incidence of Foot Deformity in Japanese School-Age Patients with Spina Bifida.- Orthopedic Operative Management in Spina Bifida.- Delayed Neurological Disorders of the Lower Extremities in Patients with Spina Bifida.- Results of Achilles Tenodesis and Posterior Transfer of the Tibialis Anterior Tendon for Residual Calcaneous Deformity of Spina Bifida.- Management of Ankle and Hindfoot Valgus in Spina Bifida.- Evaluation and Treatment of Pes Cavus in Spina Bifida.- The Surgical Treatment for Foot Deformity in Spina Bifida.- Moderator’s Comments.- Urology.- Neurogenic Bladder.- Plenary Sessions.- Cellular Signaling in the Bladder: Implications for Treatment.- Uroneurology: The Mechanism of Neurogenic Bladder Disease.- Indication of Surgical Interventions for Neurogenic Bladder.- Parallel Sessions.- Effects of Clean Intermittent Catheterization on Bladder Deformity in Spina Bifida Patients.- The Outcome of Management Based on Urethral Resistance in Myelodysplastic Children.- A Case Study of Successful Self-Catheterization in an Adolescent with Spina Bifida, Mental Retardation, and Severe Motor Impairment.- Augmentation Cystoplasty in Children with Spina Bifida.- Vesicoureteric Reflux and Urinary Incontinence in Myelodysplastic Patients: A Comparison Between Those who Underwent Antireflux Surgery Alone and Those who were Treated by Antireflux Surgery and Bladder Augmentation, With or Without Sling Operation.- Sensory Skin-Fascial Flap Application to Nonsensitive Perianal Region in Patients with Sacral Myelomeningocele: Report of Two Cases.- Surgical Management of the Neurogenic Bladder.- Electromyographic and Manometric Anorectal Evaluation in Children Affected by Meningomyelocele.- Nitrofurantoin Prophylaxis for Bacteriuria and Urinary Tract Infection in Children with Neurogenic Bladder on Intermittent Catheterization.- Spina Bifida and the Urinary Excretion of Glycosaminoglycans.- Management of Bowel Problems in the Patient with Spina Bifida.- Pediatric Neurology.- Seventeen-Year Experience with Children with Meningomyelocele Born by Cesarean Section Prior to Rupture of Amniotic Membranes.- Long-Term Prognosis of the Mental Activities of Hydrocephalus Associated with Spina Bifida.- Outcome of Spina Bifida and Present Attitude Towards Prenatal Diagnosis in Europe.- A Study of Physical Development in Patients with Myelomeningocele.- Obesity and Overweight in a Group of Patients with Myelomeningocele.- Moderator’s Comments.- Nursing.- Nursing Care of Mothers with a Newborn with Spina Bifida Child.- Continuing Care of Children with Spina Bifida at an Outpatient Clinic.- Nursing Care for School-Aged Children with Spina Bifida in an Institution.- Nursing Care of Children with Spina Bifida in the United States.- Children with Spina Bifida I Met in the School for Physically Handicapped Children: 1978-Today.- Moderator’s Comments.- Spina Bifida: An International Perspective.- Children with Meningomyelocele in Hokkaido, Japan: From a Passive to an Active Approach.- MTHFR 677C-T and Neural Tube Defects: An Evaluation in a Population from Southern Italy.- The Situation of People with Hydrocephalus and Spina Bifida in Developing Countries.- Treatment and Care of Spina Bifida in Taiwan.- Management of Spina Bifida in India.- Differences in Patient Populations Cared for in Various Areas of the World.- Ethics, Social Welfare, and Psychosocial Adjustment.- Ethical Considerations in Care, Treatment, and Management.- Developmental Factors, Health, and Psychosocial Adjustment of Children and Youths with Spina Bifida.- Social Welfare for Children with Spina Bifida.- Contributors Index.