How to treat occult spina bifida in children

Invisible spina bifida is a congenital developmental abnormality in which the two sides of the vertebral plate meet in the middle during normal development and form a spinous process when they meet, but if the development is interrupted and the meeting is not successful, a cleft remains, which is called invisible spina bifida. Depending on the location and size of the cleft, there are different treatments as follows: 1. When the cleft is small and does not cause symptoms, no treatment is needed, and invisible spina bifida shows no abnormal symptoms in the early stages, we generally do not recommend any treatment for patients. This is because for some patients with invisible spina bifida, they do not suffer any torment from this disease for life. 2, Invisible spina bifida has a condition called spinal cord embolism syndrome, and such patients can usually be treated with early surgery, regardless of whether the patient’s lesion is in the cervical, thoracic or lumbosacral segment, and a straight supraspinous incision is used during the surgery. After spina bifida surgery, a catheter is usually used in patients with urinary incontinence, which facilitates the hygiene of the surgical site and facilitates cleaning. For young children who cannot control their bowel movements, antibiotics can be used as appropriate to avoid infection. After discharge from the hospital, patients should not take it lightly, and should often do some limb function exercises, but also physical therapy or massage, which can help the patient’s nerve function recovery. 3, children with occult spina bifida is due to the fact that children’s spinal canal is different from the norm during their growth and development, and as they grow older, their lower limb body motility and control of self urination is much less than that of their peers, occult spina bifida is the cause of some pediatric persistent enuresis and needs to be taken seriously. Some studies have found that spina bifida has a significant probability of causing death or disability in children, so prevention and treatment of spina bifida is especially important.