Table 1

Clinical data
Case	GA	MMC	Malformations		Delivery induction	Time	Recent acute bleedings
			cerebrala^a	non-CNS		induction-delivery

1	16	C-Th	holopros.; fused basal ganglia; cortical dysplasia	palatoschisis annular pancreas atresia ani scoliose	PG	< 1 day	PF
2	21	L-S	-	reduction defect of extremity	PG	< 1 day	IVH, SAH, PF
3	21	Th-L	-	single umbilical artery	PG	< 1 day	IVH, SAH
4	22	L-S	-	dysplasia costae kyfose	PG	< 0.5 day	PF
5	34	Th-L	-	OEIS complex pes calcaneovalgus lung hypoplasia kyphosis	abruption placentae	ni	IVH
6	37	L-S	-	-	cephalocentesis	< 1 day	IVH, SAH, PF
7	39	L-S	agenesis of: cerebellum, nucleus olivaris inferior, and pontine nuclei	pes calcaneovalgus finger-malformation	VE	ni	IVH, PF
8	40	Th-L	hypoplasia of cerebellum	palatoschisis pes calcaneovalgus ASD	cephalocentesis	< 1 day	IVH, SAH

Legends: GA = gestational age in weeks, MMC = segmental level of the meningomyelocele, ^acerebral malformations other than ventriculomegaly and Chiari malformation, holopros. = holoprosencephaly, non-CNS = outside the central nervous system, C = cervical, Th = thoracal, L = lumbar, S = sacral, - = absent, OEIS complex = Omphalocele, Exstrophy, Imperforate anus, Spinal defects, ASD = atrium septum defect, PG = prostaglandin, VE = vacuum extraction, Time induction-delivery = time between induction and delivery, ni = no induction, PF = fossa posterior, IVH = intraventricular bleeding, SAH = subarachnoidal hemorrhage.
de Wit et al. Cerebrospinal Fluid Research 2008 5:4 doi:10.1186/1743-8454-5-4