Child with Spina bifida

Spinabifida Melissa Riches and Jessica Northey

Spinabifida is a birth defect which involves damage to the bony spine and the nervous tissue of the spinal cord. ,[object Object],[object Object]

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If the child develops hydrocephalus, fluid can be drained from the brain through surgical placement of a shunt. The shunt runs under the skin into the chest or abdomen, and the fluid passes harmlessly through the child's body. ,[object Object]

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