Neurosurgical Congenital Anomalies in Basrah Socio Demographic Review
Journal Title: International Journal of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences (IJMPS) - Year 2018, Vol 8, Issue 2
Abstract
Background: Congenital anomalies, including those of the central nervous system, are among the important leading causes of morbidity, mortality, and fetal loss with a lot of familiesy suffer and misery. OBJECTIVES To study the profile of central nervous system (CNS) anomalies treated in the neurosurgical unit inbasrahteaching hospital from the socio- demography point of view. SUBJECT AND METHOD It is A prospective observational study for about 87 case, All cases enrolled in this study were seen and managed by the authors over 3 years, December 2014 –December 2017, we discuss the socio-demographic status of the child and his parents ( age, sex, season of birth, list inside the family, residency, parents consanguinity, age and job and fathers habits ). RESULTS (57.4%) ofCNS anomalies presented during the 1st month of life, female represent 57.4% of cases, a highest presentation was during summer time,33.3% were the 1stfamily child and 67%comes from a rural area. consanguinity was present in 70% of cases, 70% were among fathers between 20-40 year, and among mothers, it was peaked in between below 20 y and 30 year in about 90% of cases. Worker father 74.7% and all mothers were house wives . most common fathers bad habits was smoking (39% of cases). CONCLUSIONS There is a variation in sex distribution in between Iraq and some near countries, consanguinity is a major correlated factor, more between young parents from rural areas. This problem needs a lot of efforts to increase the educational state of the general population, especially in the rural areas.
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WISAM ABDULLAH JASIM, HUSSEIN IMRAN MOUSA
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