Perinatal and Neonatal Outcomes of Patients Who Were Diagnosed with Neural Tube Defect in Midtrimester Fetal Ultrasound Scan and Refused Request for Termination of Pregnancy

Table 3

Neonatal outcomes of patients diagnosed with NTD in midtrimester fetal ultrasound scan.

Birth weight (gr)	3100 (1160–4600)
Birth height (cm)	49 (32–51)
(1) minute APGAR score	6 (4–9)
(5) minute APGAR score	8 (6–10)
Gender
Male	33 (47.8)
Female	36 (52.2)
Neonatal morbidity	25 (36.2)
Respiratory Distress Syndrome	22 (88)
Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension	1 (4)
Meconium Aspiration Syndrome	1 (4)
Necrotising Enterocolitis	1 (4)
Neonatal mortality	7 (10.1)
Causes of mortality
Cardiac arrest	4 (57.1)
Prematurity	2 (28.5)
Asphyxia	1 (14.4)
Timing of operation (day)	1 (1–21)
The form of surgery performed
Meningomyelocele repair procedure	57 (92)
Ventriculoperitoneal shunt	2 (3.2)
Split thickness skin graft closure	1 (1.6)
Encephalocele closure at the occipital region	2 (3.2)
Ventriculoperitoneal shunt requirement	21 (33.8)
Lower extremity function
Normal	43 (69.3)
Paraplegia	19 (30.7)
Neurogenic bladder	32 (51.6)
Infections due to surgery	4 (6.4)

Data are given as median [interquartile range].
Data are given as (%).