title: [The morphological characteristics of craniocerebral and cerebrospinal hernias in children after the accident at the Chernobyl Atomic Electric Power Station].
abstract: In the post-Chernobyl period of time the quantity of children operated for congenital cerebral and cerebrospinal hernia has been increased almost by two times. The signs of degeneration were not observed while morphological study of hernial sac wall in 96 children operated on from 1981 till 1986 year. Of 167 children operated on after the Chernobyl accident (1986-1992 yrs) in 10 (5.9%) of them the degeneration of substantia medullaris astrocytes was observed.
authors.forename: I A
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Brodskaia
authors.forename: Iu A
authors.initials: IuA
authors.lastname: Orlov
authors.forename: I A
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Borisova
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004677:Encephalocele / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008588:Meningocele / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D011210:Power Plants; D018788:Radioactive Hazard Release; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000473:pathology; D014455:Ukraine