LA02.1
category
Spina bifida aperta
Definition
A condition caused by failure of the neural tube to correctly develop during the antenatal period. This condition is characterised by nerve damage originating from a known location in the spine, signified by the presence of a meningocele or myelomeningocele. This condition may present with physical or mental impairment.
Also indexed as
Cervical open spina bifidaCervical spina bifida apertaCervical spina bifida without hydrocephalusCervicothoracic open spina bifidaCervicothoracic spina bifida apertaCervicothoracic spina bifida without hydrocephalusLumbar spina bifida without hydrocephalusLumbosacral open spina bifidaLumbosacral spina bifida apertaLumbosacral spina bifida without hydrocephalusOpen spina bifidaSpina bifida apertaSpina bifida aperta with tethered spinal cordSpina bifida manifestaSpina bifida without hydrocephalusThoracic spina bifida without hydrocephalusThoracolumbosacral open spina bifidaThoracolumbosacral spina bifida apertaThoracolumbosacral spina bifida without hydrocephalusTotal open spina bifidaTotal spina bifida apertaTotal spina bifida without hydrocephalusUpper thoracic open spina bifidaUpper thoracic spina bifida apertaUpper thoracic spina bifida without hydrocephaluscervical spina bifidadorsal spina bifida NOSlumbar spina bifidalumbosacral spina bifidalumbosacral spina bifida NOSspina bifida aperta of cervical spinespina bifida aperta of thoracic spinespina bifida of dorsal regionspina bifida of lumbar regionthoracic spina bifidathoracic spina bifida apertathoracolumbar spina bifida NOS