"Even though spina bifida starts in the back, it affects the nerves that go all the way down to the legs, so without these surgeries and the utilization of braces, Kaylie would not be able to wear ...

Most 3-year-olds are a handful, scampering from room to room and seemingly getting into everything. Sloane Klein however, relies on assistive braces and a walker. The Idaho State Journal invites you ...

Spina bifida is typically diagnosed during pregnancy or immediately after birth. But a mild form of spina bifida, which rarely causes symptoms, can go unnoticed until adulthood. Spina bifida is a ...

WASHINGTON — It's a delicate and daring experiment: Could doctors switch a leg nerve to make it operate the bladder instead? Families of a few U.S. children whose spina bifida robs them of the bladder ...

Spina bifida is a developmental malformation of the spinal cord that leads to complications in several organ systems and considerable disability, even decades after repair of the anomaly. Before the ...