caa a22 4500 463180631 CHVBK 20180406164838.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170326e20070801xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s00381-007-0342-5 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s00381-007-0342-5 Predicting orthopedic involvement in patients with lipomyelomeningoceles [Elektronische Daten] [R. Tubbs, Richard Winters, Robert Naftel, Veena Acharya, Michael Conklin, Mohammadali Shoja, Marios Loukas, W. Oakes] Introduction: Lipomyelomeningoceles (LMM) occur in approximately 1 in every 4,000 live births in the United States. They are associated with a wide range of problems in affected patients, including skin abnormalities, sensory and motor deficits, pain, urinary bladder and anal sphincter dysfunction, and orthopedic deformities. Materials and methods: In an effort to better understand the orthopedic complications associated with LMM, the present study examined the long-term orthopedic deformities in 50 patients after surgical correction of their LMM and observed for correlation between these deformities and the type and level of LMM. Results: Analysis of the collected data revealed a statistically significant relationship between of the type of LMM and the presence of orthopedic complications. However, no statistically significant relationship existed between the vertebral level of the LMM and the presence of orthopedic deformities. No correlation was identified between the level and type of LMM. Conclusion: In this study, caudal LMM were much more likely than either dorsal or transitional types to have orthopedic complications. These data may prove useful to clinicians in predicting outcome and in counseling patients and their parents. Springer-Verlag, 2007 Pediatrics nationallicence Neurosurgery nationallicence Lower extremity nationallicence Bone nationallicence Tubbs R. Division of Neurosurgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA aut Winters Richard Surgical Physician Assistant Program, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA aut Naftel Robert Division of Neurosurgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA aut Acharya Veena University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL, USA aut Conklin Michael Division of Orthopedics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA aut Shoja Mohammadali Department of Anatomy and Neurosurgery, Tabriz University, Tabriz, Iran aut Loukas Marios Department of Anatomical Sciences, St. George's University, St. George's, Grenada aut Oakes W. Division of Neurosurgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA aut Child's Nervous System Springer-Verlag 23/8(2007-08-01), 835-838 0256-7040 23:8<835 2007 23 381 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-007-0342-5 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-007-0342-5 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Tubbs R. Division of Neurosurgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Winters Richard Surgical Physician Assistant Program, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Naftel Robert Division of Neurosurgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Acharya Veena University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Conklin Michael Division of Orthopedics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Shoja Mohammadali Department of Anatomy and Neurosurgery, Tabriz University, Tabriz, Iran aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Loukas Marios Department of Anatomical Sciences, St. George's University, St. George's, Grenada aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Oakes W. Division of Neurosurgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Child's Nervous System Springer-Verlag 23/8(2007-08-01), 835-838 0256-7040 23:8<835 2007 23 381 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer