Journal of Clinical Case Reports

Ryan P Morton

Publications

• Case Report
  Primary Repair of a Myelomeningocele in a Geriatric Patient: A Case Report
  Author(s): Ryan P Morton, Tanya Z Filardi and Trent L TredwayRyan P Morton, Tanya Z Filardi and Trent L Tredway
  
  Background: Myelomeningocele is the most common open spinal dysraphism eligible for surgical repair. Traditionally, myelomeningocele patients that received no surgical intervention had a dismal prognosis. Before 1970, 80% of untreated infants were dead at 3 months, while after 1970 more untreated children survived infancy but usually did not live past adolescence. Adult presentation of myelomeningocele is exceedingly rare. Case presentation: We present a 74 years Caucasian female was transferred to our institution for evaluation of purulent drainage around an unrepaired myelomeningocele site. Per the patients report, she was offered no surgical treatment for her myelomeningocele as a newborn, but was instead treated with percutaneous needle drainage of the lumbar fluid collection on a weekly basis for several months. Examination of her back was notable for a large 6 cm×6 cm flui.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2165-7920.1000294

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