Spina Bifida Treatment

Spina bifida can range from mild to serious, contingent upon the kind of deformity, size, area and complications. Surgical treatment doesn't always resolve this problem.

What are the Types of Spine Deformities?

• Kyphosis

  Kyphosis is described as an abnormally rounded upper back (more than 50 degrees of curvature).

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• Lordosis

  Also called swayback, the spine of a patient with lordosis curves significantly inside the lower back.

• Scoliosis

  A person with scoliosis has an oblique curve to their spine. The curve is often S-shaped or C-shaped.

What Factors Cause Spina Bifida?

Many congenital spine disorders are related to spina bifida. In this condition, the neural tube either fails to develop or close properly. Babies born with spina bifida aperta may have an open defect on their backs where the skin over the spinal cord does not form correctly, and the nerves are exposed. In myelomeningocele, in which the backbone and spinal cord fail to fuse.

What are the Possible Symptoms?

Since these malformations are congenital, the symptoms are visible.

• Abnormal curvature of the spine
• Tilted pelvis
• Difficulty in walking
• Difficulty in breathing
• Uneven shoulders and waistline
• Irregular hips strcuture

What are the Diagnostic Procedures?

• 3D-EOS 3D-EOS is an imaging system with an aim to provide frontal and lateral radiography images while limiting the x-ray radiation absorbed by the patient. The specialty of using 3D-EOS as a diagnostic procedure is that gives 3-dimensional pictures, which allows the doctor to have a closer look at the structures and plan the surgery.
• Bone Scan A bone scan is a nuclear medicine test. This implies the procedure uses a small amount of radioactive substance, called a tracer. The tracer is infused into a vein. Regions which absorb too much tracer are the locations which need urgent medical intervention.
• Computed Tomography (CT) Scan A CT scan uses an x-ray machine to make a 3-dimensional photo of your body from inside. A PC at that point merges these pictures into a detailed picture that demonstrates any abnormalities of the spine. In some cases, the specialist will infuse a special dye (contrast medium) into a patient's vein to get more detailed pictures.
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) An MRI is a symptomatic strategy that uses large magnets, radio frequencies, and a PC to create high definition pictures of organs and structures inside the body. This test is managed without the using x-rays
• X-ray A radiologist can tell the severity of a deformed spine after taking pictures of the spinal cord.

What are the Treatments for Congenital Spinal Deformities?

• Bracing If the curve is increasing, and your child is still nursing, the back bracing or a cast can prevent the of congenital scoliosis from progressing. It will not correct the condition completely; instead, the spinal condition will be arrested for some time.
• Surgery Surgery for kyphosis and lordosis is required when the bracing fails to arrest the growth of irregular spine. The surgery is performed under general anaesthesia, which is decided according to the weight of the baby (or child). Spinal instrumentation, artificial plate substitution and kyphoplasty are the main surgical interventions in case of congenital spinal deformities.

Artificial Plate Substitution. Defective plates in the spine are supplanted with artificial ones.

Spinal Instrumentation. Instruments, for example, snares, poles, and wires are connected to the spine to realign the bones of the spine and keep them secure after spinal fusion.

Kyphoplasty. A balloon is embedded inside the spine to rectify and balance out the influenced region and ease the pain.

Prognosis

Upon skeletal development, it is foreseen that most congenital conditions won't advance or cause pain in future. The uses of external braces may be required.