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 4

Neonatal outcomes of patients diagnosed with NTD in midtrimester fetal ultrasound scan based on lesion level.

	Cervical; ()	Thoracal; ()	Thoracolomber; ()	Lumbar; ()	Lumbosacral; ()	Sacral; ()
Neonatal mortality	3 (100)	1 (100)	2 (22.2)	0 (0)	1 (3.5)	0 (0)
Neonatal morbidity	2 (66.6)	1 (100)	6 (66.6)	9 (37.5)	6 (21.4)	1 (25)
Ventriculoperitoneal shunt requirement	3 (100)	1 (100)	4 (44.4)	7 (29.1)	6 (21.4)	0 (0)
Paraplegia in lower extremity	1 (33.3)	1 (100)	6 (66.6)	6 (25)	5 (17.8)	0
Neurogenic bladder	0	0	6 (66.6)	14 (58.3)	11 (39.2)	1 (25)
Infections due to surgery	0	0	2 (22.2)	0	2 (7.1)	0

Data are given as (%).