Kameda Masahiro, Takahara Etsuko, Kobayashi Motomu, Sasaki Katsumi, Morihara Ryuta, Date Isao
Department of Neurological Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2-5-1, Shikata-cho, Kita-ku, Okayama-Shi, Okayama, 700-8558, Japan.
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2-5-1, Shikata-cho, Kita-ku, Okayama-Shi, Okayama, 700-8558, Japan.
Childs Nerv Syst. 2017 Jun;33(6):1015-1017. doi: 10.1007/s00381-017-3364-7. Epub 2017 Feb 28.
Management of pregnancy and delivery of a patient with a history of myelomeningocele requires a multidisciplinary team approach.
We report a case of pregnancy and delivery by a patient who had a history of myelomeningocele surgical repair, ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt, and bladder augmentation enterocystoplasty. Regarding types of delivery style, anesthesiologists recommended a Cesarean section under general anesthesia. However, urologists recommended a vaginal delivery because they were concerned that she would require a nephrostomy because of severe adhesion between her uterus and the neobladder if she had a Cesarean section.
In a pregnant myelomeningocele patient with a VP shunt, neurosurgeons are expected to manage the VP shunt during pregnancy and delivery. The possible types of delivery style and the best options based on the neurological deficit should be discussed together with a medical team.
