# Spinal Dysraphism and Malformations

**Type:** Topics  
**Canonical URL:** https://scholariq.org/topics/spinal-dysraphism-and-malformations/

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Description | This cluster of papers focuses on the management, outcomes, and research related to spina bifida, including topics such as Chiari malformation, syringomyelia, fetal surgery, neural tube defects, hydrocephalus, tethered cord syndrome, neurosurgical management, prenatal diagnosis, and quality of life in individuals with spina bifida. |
| Domain | Health Sciences |
| Field | Medicine |
| OpenAlex ID | t11833 |
| Works | 123 |

## Topic papers all

Showing 15 of 123.

- [Diagnosing Idiopathic Normal-pressure Hydrocephalus](https://scholariq.org/papers/diagnosing-idiopathic-normal-pressure-hydrocephalus/)
- [Perivascular spaces in the brain: anatomy, physiology and pathology](https://scholariq.org/papers/perivascular-spaces-in-the-brain-anatomy-physiology-and-pathology/)
- [A Novel CNS Gene Required for Neuronal Migration and Involved in X-Linked Subcortical Laminar Heterotopia and Lissencephaly Syndrome](https://scholariq.org/papers/a-novel-cns-gene-required-for-neuronal-migration-and-involved-in-x-linked/)
- [Randomized Trial of Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunt Valve Design in Pediatric Hydrocephalus](https://scholariq.org/papers/randomized-trial-of-cerebrospinal-fluid-shunt-valve-design-in-pediatric/)
- [Spina bifida](https://scholariq.org/papers/spina-bifida/)
- [Pathogenesis of Chiari malformation: a morphometric study of the posterior cranial fossa](https://scholariq.org/papers/pathogenesis-of-chiari-malformation-a-morphometric-study-of-the-posterior/)
- [Autologous olfactory ensheathing cell transplantation in human paraplegia: a 3-year clinical trial](https://scholariq.org/papers/autologous-olfactory-ensheathing-cell-transplantation-in-human-paraplegia-a-3/)
- [Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy in the Treatment of Childhood Hydrocephalus](https://scholariq.org/papers/endoscopic-third-ventriculostomy-in-the-treatment-of-childhood-hydrocephalus/)
- [Cerebrospinal fluid shunt infection: a prospective study of risk factors](https://scholariq.org/papers/cerebrospinal-fluid-shunt-infection-a-prospective-study-of-risk-factors/)
- [Risk factors for repeated cerebrospinal shunt failures in pediatric patients with hydrocephalus](https://scholariq.org/papers/risk-factors-for-repeated-cerebrospinal-shunt-failures-in-pediatric-patients/)
- [A quantitative MRI study of the corpus callosum in children and adolescents](https://scholariq.org/papers/a-quantitative-mri-study-of-the-corpus-callosum-in-children-and-adolescents/)
- [Enlarged Perivascular Spaces and Cerebral Small Vessel Disease](https://scholariq.org/papers/enlarged-perivascular-spaces-and-cerebral-small-vessel-disease/)
- [Spinal epidural abscess: clinical presentation, management, and outcome](https://scholariq.org/papers/spinal-epidural-abscess-clinical-presentation-management-and-outcome/)
- [Prenatal diagnosis of severe structural congenital malformations in Europe](https://scholariq.org/papers/prenatal-diagnosis-of-severe-structural-congenital-malformations-in-europe/)
- [Spinal epidural abscesses: risk factors, medical versus surgical management, a retrospective review of 128 cases](https://scholariq.org/papers/spinal-epidural-abscesses-risk-factors-medical-versus-surgical-management-a/)

## Topic primary papers

Showing 15 of 36.

- [Spina bifida](https://scholariq.org/papers/spina-bifida/)
- [Pathogenesis of Chiari malformation: a morphometric study of the posterior cranial fossa](https://scholariq.org/papers/pathogenesis-of-chiari-malformation-a-morphometric-study-of-the-posterior/)
- [Chiari I Malformation in the Very Young Child: The Spectrum of Presentations and Experience in 31 Children Under Age 6 Years](https://scholariq.org/papers/chiari-i-malformation-in-the-very-young-child-the-spectrum-of-presentations-and/)
- [Experience of 300 cases of prenatal fetoscopic open spina bifida repair: report of the International Fetoscopic Neural Tube Defect Repair Consortium](https://scholariq.org/papers/experience-of-300-cases-of-prenatal-fetoscopic-open-spina-bifida-repair-report/)
- [Part I: Spinal-cord neoplasms—intradural neoplasms](https://scholariq.org/papers/part-i-spinal-cord-neoplasms-intradural-neoplasms/)
- [Tarlov cysts: a controversial lesion of the sacral spine](https://scholariq.org/papers/tarlov-cysts-a-controversial-lesion-of-the-sacral-spine/)
- [Diagnosis and treatment of Chiari malformation and syringomyelia in adults: international consensus document](https://scholariq.org/papers/diagnosis-and-treatment-of-chiari-malformation-and-syringomyelia-in-adults/)
- [Myelomeningocele: long-term neurosurgical treatment and follow-up in 202 patients](https://scholariq.org/papers/myelomeningocele-long-term-neurosurgical-treatment-and-follow-up-in-202-patients/)
- [Treatment of 213 Patients with Symptomatic Tarlov Cysts by CT-Guided Percutaneous Injection of Fibrin Sealant](https://scholariq.org/papers/treatment-of-213-patients-with-symptomatic-tarlov-cysts-by-ct-guided/)
- [Dermal sinus and intramedullary spinal cord abscess](https://scholariq.org/papers/dermal-sinus-and-intramedullary-spinal-cord-abscess/)
- [Treatment of sleep-disordered breathing in children with myelomeningocele](https://scholariq.org/papers/treatment-of-sleep-disordered-breathing-in-children-with-myelomeningocele/)
- [Micro Manipulators for Intrauterine Fetal Surgery in an Open MRI](https://scholariq.org/papers/micro-manipulators-for-intrauterine-fetal-surgery-in-an-open-mri/)
- [Spinal Arachnoid Cysts: Presentation, management and pathophysiology](https://scholariq.org/papers/spinal-arachnoid-cysts-presentation-management-and-pathophysiology/)
- [Cyst of the medullary conus: malformative persistence of terminal ventricle or compressive dilatation?](https://scholariq.org/papers/cyst-of-the-medullary-conus-malformative-persistence-of-terminal-ventricle-or/)
- [Complications and outcomes of posterior fossa decompression with duraplasty versus without duraplasty for pediatric patients with Chiari malformation type I and syringomyelia: a study from the Park-Reeves Syringomyelia Research Consortium](https://scholariq.org/papers/complications-and-outcomes-of-posterior-fossa-decompression-with-duraplasty/)

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