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Clinical Trial
. 1994 Aug;32(8):561-4.
doi: 10.1038/sc.1994.88.

A multicentre study of the hospital care of 1500 patients with myelomeningocele

M Bea Muñoz  1 , I Diaz Llopis, E Martinez Agullo, A Lopez, V Garcia Aymerich, J V Forner Valero
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Clinical Trial

A multicentre study of the hospital care of 1500 patients with myelomeningocele

M Bea Muñoz et al. Paraplegia. 1994 Aug.

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to describe the medical attention that is given to patients affected by myelomeningocele in Spain. We have used information extracted from the 'Multicentre study of patients suffering from spina bifida in Spain'. This material was collected between 1986 and 1988 from experiences with 1500 patients all over our country. 52.9% of the patients were male, and 47% female, and of the total number, 72.2% were under 15 years of age. Most of these patients attended public hospitals (78.5%) and on average each one had been admitted about seven times. The cost of hospitalisation of the sample has been assessed. Urology, orthopaedic surgery and rehabilitation are the specialties most involved. The most frequent complications were those related to the urinary system (66.1%).

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