Ohioans, like the Badenhop family, have faced this medical challenge head-on when their daughter Lexi was diagnosed with spina bifida in the womb, during a 20-week ultrasound. For Brittany ...

Spina bifida, typically detected mid-pregnancy, is a congenital structural abnormality, affecting approximately five out of ...

Spina bifida, also known as myelomeningocele ... It is often diagnosed through ultrasound. While surgery performed after birth can help reduce some of the effects, surgery before birth can ...

She recalls the ultrasound tech looking at a specific ... "She kind of just said, 'Your baby has spina bifida,'" said ...

Medical researcher Noraishah Mydin Abdul Aziz (seated centre) with parents and their children who suffer from spina bifida at a press conference in Petaling Jaya today. The fate of 17 children ...