Treatment Options
Patients with myelomeningocele may require this type of therapy to improve mobility and strengthen muscles, often starting in early childhood.
Physical therapy
This complication involves difficulty with bowel control, commonly seen in patients with myelomeningocele due to to nerve damage.
Bowel Dysfunction
Prior to surgery for myelomeningocele the nurse will place the baby in what position?
Prone or left side laying
This type of device may be used to support mobility in individuals with myelomeningocele, helping them to walk or move more easily.
Braces or orthotics
This common symptom of myelomenignocele involves weakness or paralysis in the legs, often resulting from nerve damage.
Lower Limb Paralysis
Characterized by the inability to control urination, commonly experienced by individuals with myelomenigocele due to nerve damage.
Urinary incontinence
The nurse is caring for a newborn infant with spina bifida (myelomeningocele) who is schedule for surgical closure of the sac. In the preoperative period, which is a priority problem.
Infection
This type of surgery is often performed shortly after birth to close the defect in myelomeningocele, reducing the risk of infection and further neurologic damage?
This procedure is called surgical repair
The visible sign on the back of an infant is a hallmark of myelomeningocele, often containing nerves and spinal cord.
Sac or Cyst
Individuals with myelomingocele are at increased risk for this type of infection, which can occur due to exposed spinal tissue.
Meningitis
Appropriate nursing interventions for a newborns myelomeningocele sac prior to surgery include using sterile technique keeping the sac.....
moist, the sac should be kept moist to maintain the integrity of the sac prior to surgery.
This approach involves performing surgery on the fetus while still in the womb to correct the myelomeningocele, which can lead to better outcomes than postnatal surgery.
This is called prenatal surgery.
This diagnostic imaging technique is often used to visualize the spinal cord and detect the presence of myelomeningocele in infants.
Ultrasound or MRI
Patients with myelomeningocele often experience this complication related to mobility, which can lead to joint and muscle issues.
Musculoskeletal
A teen mentions that her older sister just had a baby born with myelomeningocele, the teen is wondering if there anything she can do to prevent this from happening to her baby when she decides to have children. What is the best response?
Take a multivitamin with folic acid daily
This treatment may be necessary for managing hydrocephalus, a common complication associated with myelominingocele, involving the placement of a tube to drain excess cerebrospinal fluid.
Shunt placement.
This prenatal diagnostic test can help identify myelomeningocele before birth by analyzing amniotic fluid.
Amniocentesis
This serious condition, often associated with myelomeningocele, involves a buildup of cerebrospinal fluid in the brain.
Hydrocephalus
"It is done to decrease the possibility of infection and further cord damage"