Recién nacidos vivos con defectos del tubo neural en el Instituto Nacional de Perinatología de la Ciudad de México. Características demográficas y epidemiológicas

The number of cases attended in the INPer, due to neural tube defects, tripled compared to the previous year. The post natal care provided showed fewer complications than those reported in the literature, specifically infectious complications, due to timely multidisciplinary care and possibly due to the surgical closure of all open neural tube defects within the first 24 h.