title: Myelomeningocele; an analysis of deaths following early closure of the back lesion.
abstract: In three separate series of patients with open myelomeningocele treated in the neonatal period, meningoventriculitits was found to be the commonest cause of post-operative death. Improved neonatal surgical centres and less pressure on the nursing staff have reduced the incidence of this complication.
mesh_terms: D002552:Cerebral Ventricles; D004739:England; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008581:Meningitis / Q000401:mortality; D008591:Meningomyelocele / Q000401:mortality* / Q000601:surgery; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000401:mortality; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000401:mortality; D013997:Time Factors