PEDIATRICS Vol. 74 No. 1 July 1984, pp. 162-163
This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Submit a response
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me when eLetters are posted
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow E-mail this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to My File Cabinet
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow reprints & permissions
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via CrossRef
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by VENES, J. L.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by VENES, J. L.

Care of Infants with Myelomeningocele

JOAN L. VENES MD, FACS, FAAP1

1 Pediatric Neurosurgery, Mott Children's Hospital, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109

To the Editor.—

In the era of "Baby Doe," Gross et al (Pediatrics 1983;72:450-458) are to be commended for their forthright presentation of the Oklahoma Children's Memorial Hospital Center policy concerning those children born with meningomyelocele.

I would agree with their premise that immediate operation is not indicated but would not agree that prolonged delay is without hazard for increased rates of infection. Nevertheless, certainly time is available for reasoned and considered discussion with at least one, and preferably both parents, prior to the initiation of therapy.