Unit 15 Intracranial-CNS Abnormalities Spine Pt 2

Unit 15 Intracranial-CNS Abnormalities Spine Pt 2

17:21 lesson

OB/GYN Exam Prep

Unit 15 Intracranial-CNS Abnormalities Spine Pt 2

This educational unit covers fetal central nervous system and spinal abnormalities, focusing on open spinal dysraphism (spina bifida variants including myelomeningocele and occult dysraphism) and their prenatal ultrasound findings. Students will learn to identify various spinal defects, associated Chiari II malformations, midline integration disorders, spinal cord splitting anomalies, and congenital spinal masses through sonographic imaging and clinical correlation for surgical planning.

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17:21 lesson

Hello and welcome to prep's ultrasound, O-B-G-Y-N Registry Review Course. I'm Jenna Le Care, an A-R-D-M-S certified sonographer, and I'm excited to guide you through Unit 15, fetal central nervous system abnormalities, sonographic evaluation of the spine. We pick back up here. Shifting now to open spinal dysraphism, and this is often referred to as spina bifida, a perta or spina bifida cysa. In co...