Young patients with spina bifida present with ophthalmic complications at a high rate, according to a poster presented at the virtual American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus annual meeting.
Using a national spina bifida database, researchers in Ireland conducted a retrospective chart review from 2009 to 2019 evaluating ophthalmic manifestations in patients with open spina bifida defects and complicated closed defects. A total of 240 patients aged 1 to 10 years were included.
“This is the largest recent study of the ophthalmic complications of spina bifida. It