title: Myelomeningocele and pregnancy: a case report and review of the literature.
abstract: The improvement of antenatal management and surgical techniques has greatly increased the survival rate of infants with spina bifida. More of these women are reaching adulthood and reproductive age and therefore could become pregnant. Pregnancy complications depend on the kind of spina bifida and subject's condition.We report a case of woman with a severe kyphoscoliosis, that progressively affects lung capacity until 32 weeks of gestation, when she underwent caesarean section.These patients deserve careful obstetric care, genetic counselling and urological, obstetric, neurological and anaesthetic management.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova, Reggio Emilia, Italy. blasiimma@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Immacolata
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Blasi
authors.forename: Adriano
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ferrari
authors.forename: Giuseppina
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Comitini
authors.forename: Valeria
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Vinci
authors.forename: Martino
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Abrate
authors.forename: Giovanni Battista
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: La Sala
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016857:Hypocapnia / Q000209:etiology*; D008591:Meningomyelocele / Q000150:complications*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000209:etiology*; D013121:Spinal Curvatures / Q000209:etiology*