Gregory W Albert 1,2 Show Affiliations »
Abstract
UNLABELLED: Primary care providers commonly obtain spine ultrasounds for neonates with simple sacral dimples due to perceived concerns about underlying spinal dysraphism, despite a lack of scientific evidence. Nine papers addressing routine spine ultrasounds for children with sacral dimples showed that 3.4% of the 5166 patients had abnormal spine ultrasounds, compared with the 4.8% reported by another study for children without sacral dimples. Most of the abnormal findings in patients with sacral dimples were of no clinical significance. CONCLUSION: Sacral dimples do not predict underlying spinal cord malformations, and spine ultrasounds should not be performed for neonates with simple sacral dimples. ©2016 Foundation Acta Paediatrica. Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
UNLABELLED: Primary care providers commonly obtain spine ultrasounds for neonates with simple sacral dimples due to perceived concerns about underlying spinal dysraphism , despite a lack of scientific evidence. Nine papers addressing routine spine ultrasounds for children with sacral dimples showed that 3.4% of the 5166 patients had abnormal spine ultrasounds, compared with the 4.8% reported by another study for children without sacral dimples. Most of the abnormal findings in patients with sacral dimples were of no clinical significance. CONCLUSION: Sacral dimples do not predict underlying spinal cord malformations , and spine ultrasounds should not be performed for neonates with simple sacral dimples. ©2016 Foundation Acta Paediatrica. Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
Entities: Disease
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Keywords:
Dermal sinus tract; Neonate; Sacral dimple; Spine ultrasound; Tethered spinal cord
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Year: 2016
PMID： 27059606 DOI： 10.1111/apa.13422
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Acta Paediatr ISSN： 0803-5253 Impact factor: 2.299