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 5

Neonatal outcomes of patients diagnosed with NTD in midtrimester fetal ultrasound scan based on delivery mode.

	Cesarean section; ()	Vaginal delivery; ()
Neonatal mortality	6 (10.9)	1 (7.1)	0.330
Neonatal morbidity	21 (38.1)	4 (28.5)	0.741
Ventriculoperitoneal shunt requirement	18 (32.7)	3 (21.4)	0.115
Paraplegia in lower extremity	14 (25.4)	5 (35.7)	0.091
Neurogenic bladder	26 (47.2)	6 (42.8)	0.389
Infections due to surgery	3 (5.4)	1 (7.1)	0.573

Data are given as (%).