Table of Contents

ABSTRACT ………………………………………………………………………………………………….. III
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ……………………………………………………………………………………… IX
CHAPTER 1 ……………………………………………………………………………….. 10
INTRODUCTION ……………………………………………………………………………… 10
CHAPTER 2 …………………………………………………………………………………….. 18
MATERIALS AND METHODS …………………………………………………………………………. 18
PATIENTS STUDY GROUP AND METHODS …………………………………………………… 18
MRI …………………………………………………………………………………. 19
COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (CT) ……………………………………………………………………. 19
IMAGE ANALYSIS ……………………………………………………………………….. 20
CLINICAL EVALUATION ………………………………………………………………………… 22
SURGERY ……………………………………………………………………………….. 22
STATISTICAL ANALYSIS …………………………………………………………………… 22
CHAPTER 3 ………………………………………………………………………… 23
RESULTS …………………………………………………………………. 23
CLINICAL FEATURES, RADIOLOGIC FINDINGS, AND ENCEPHALOCELE LOCALIZATION ………………………………………………………….. 23
TABLE 2 CONTINUED. THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE FINAL PATIENTS INCLUDED IN THE ANALYSIS: ( ……………. 26
CHAPTER 5 ……………………………………………………………………………… 36
DISCUSSION …………………………………………………………… 36
CHAPTER 6 ……………………………………………………………………………. 44
CONCLUSION …………………………………………………………….. 44
APPENDIX 1 ……………………………………………………………………… 45
REFERENCES …………………………………………………………………………….. 47