Spina bifida is what is known as a neural tube defect. It occurs during development prior to birth. It’s when the spinal cord, brain, or meninges (their protective covering) does not completely ...

Spina bifida is typically diagnosed during pregnancy or immediately after birth. But a mild form of spina bifida, which rarely causes symptoms, can go unnoticed until adulthood. Spina bifida is a ...

Spina bifida is a condition where the bones in the vertebral column do not fully cover the spinal cord, leaving it exposed. Spina bifida is a congenital problem, which means it is present before birth ...

Spina bifida occulta first develops when a baby is growing in its mother’s womb. The condition affects the spine, which fails to form correctly. In people with spina bifida occulta, some of the ...

Spina bifida is a condition that affects the spine and is present at birth. The term literally means "split spine" in Latin. The condition develops before birth when the neural tube (a group of cells ...

Spina bifida is the most common birth defect of the central nervous system, in which the vertebral column and spine fail to develop properly while the baby is still forming in the womb. Four out of ...

Spina bifida is a developmental malformation of the spinal cord that leads to complications in several organ systems and considerable disability, even decades after repair of the anomaly. Before the ...

University of Utah Health has the only multidisciplinary clinic in the state for adults living with spina bifida. It is located at the Clinical Neurosciences Center as part of our neurosurgery clinic.