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Child's Nervous System
Published in: Child's Nervous System 10/2007

01-10-2007 | Original Paper

Surgical treatment of myelomeningocele: year 2000 hospitalization, outcome, and cost analysis in the US

Authors: Anthony H. Sin, Mahmoud Rashidi, Gloria Caldito, Anil Nanda

Published in: Child's Nervous System | Issue 10/2007

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Abstract

Objective

To review cases of surgical repair for myelomeningocele (MMC) using a large inpatient database from the year 2000.

Materials and methods

The Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) database with 7.45 million patient admissions for 2000 was retrospectively studied for the first 5 procedure diagnosis of MMC repair (ICD-9 CM procedure code 0352) and ages of less than 1 year. Eighty-eight patient stays were identified. Patient demographic data, length of stay, immediate disposition at the time of discharge, hospital information, and total cost for the hospitalization were determined.

Conclusion

Myelomeningocele repair is mostly performed in large teaching institutions in small numbers. The majority gets to go home at discharge. It is surprising to note that only 35% also required VP shunt placement during the same hospitalization.
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Metadata
Title
Surgical treatment of myelomeningocele: year 2000 hospitalization, outcome, and cost analysis in the US
Authors
Anthony H. Sin
Mahmoud Rashidi
Gloria Caldito
Anil Nanda
Publication date
01-10-2007
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Child's Nervous System / Issue 10/2007
Print ISSN: 0256-7040
Electronic ISSN: 1433-0350
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-007-0375-9

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