• Risk Factors for Neural-Tube Defects Detected in Utero: A Prospective Community-Based Study from Addis Ababa 

      Aklilu, Abenezer Tirsit; Yigaramu, Mahlet; Zewdneh, Daniel; Kucha, Winner; Hagos, Seifu; Shikur, Bilal; Teklemariam, Tsegazeab Laeke; Moen, Bente Elisabeth; Lie, Rolv T.; Lund-Johansen, Morten; Mahesparan, Rupavathana (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)
      Background: A recent community-based study from Addis Ababa identifying Neural Tube Defect (NTD) cases by ultrasound examination of pregnant women showed a higher prevalence of 17 per 1000 fetuses. The risk factors behind ...
    • Surgical treatment outcome of children with neural-tube defect: A prospective cohort study in a high volume center in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 

      Aklilu, Abenezer Tirsit; Bizuneh, Yemisirach; Yesehak, Bethelehem; Yigaramu, Mahlet; Demetse, Asrat; Mengesha, Filmon; Masresha, Samuel; Zenebe, Eyob; Getahun, Samuel; Teklemariam, Tsegazeab Laeke; Moen, Bente Elisabeth; Lund-Johansen, Morten; Mahesparan, Rupavathana (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Introduction: Prevalence of neural tube defects (NTD) is high thus many children are born with a neural tube defect in Addis Ababa, and surgical closure is a commonly performed procedure at the pediatric neurosurgical ...