title: Chapter 9. To treat or not to treat: ethical dilemmas of the infant with a myelomeningocele.
mesh_terms: D002557:Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003191:Comprehensive Health Care; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D005065:Euthanasia; D005260:Female; D005313:Fetal Death / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000209:etiology; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000209:etiology; D007738:Kyphosis / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D010243:Paralysis / Q000209:etiology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011379:Prognosis; D016135:Spinal Dysraphism / Q000150:complications / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D028761:Withholding Treatment