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Outlook for the Child with a Cephalocele
Pediatrics 90:914-919, Brown,M.S.,et al, 1992
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Article Abstract
Specific information on the outcome for a child with a cephalocele can be difficult to find and interpret.To update outcome information for the child with a cephalocele,the investigators compared putcome of 34 infants from their institution with that of those in previously published series. For the infants from the investigators'institution,overall mortality was 29%and was confined to infants with posterior defects,which was consistent with other published series.Additional major congenital abnormalities were present in nearly half the infants,and these were an important facor in contributing to a poorer prognosis as well as whether the defect could be operatively reduced.Seizures and hydrocephalus were often secondary problems in those infants whodid worse.In addressing outlook for the infant with the cephalocele,primary factors to be considered are operability and the presence of additional major abnormalities,both intracranial and extracranial.
 
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