Ultrasound in Prenatal Diagnostics and Its Impact on the Epidemiology of Spina Bifida in a National Cohort from Denmark with a Comparison to Sweden

Charlotte Rosenkrantz Bodin, Mikkel Mylius Rasmussen, Ann Tabor, Lena Westbom, Eleonor Tiblad, Charlotte Kvist Ekelund, Camilla Bernt Wulff, Ida Vogel, Olav Bjørn Petersen

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Abstract

Objectives: The aim of this study was to assess the incidence, the prenatal detection rate by ultrasound, and the pregnancy outcome of spina bifida (SB) in Denmark (DK) in 2008-2015 and to compare results to national data from Sweden.

Methods: Data were retrieved from the Danish Fetal Medicine Database, which includes International Classification of Diseases- (ICD-) 10 codes for pre- or postnatally diagnoses and pregnancy outcome. Missing data were obtained from the National Patient Register. Livebirth data with myelomeningocele (MMC) in Sweden were obtained from different databases.

Results: There were 234 cases with SB in DK in 2008-2015. The incidence of SB was 4.9 : 10,000; 89% were detected with ultrasound prior to week 22; 90% of these pregnancies were terminated (ToP); 91% were isolated malformations of which 11% showed abnormal karyotype. The incidence of newborns with MMC was 1.3 : 10,000 in Sweden.

Conclusions: Ultrasound screening has a major impact on the epidemiology of SB. The prenatal detection rate of SB was high, and most SB cases were isolated and had a normal karyotype. Among women with a prenatal fetal diagnosis of SB, 90% chose to have ToP. The incidence of newborns with SB was higher in Sweden than in DK.

OriginalsprogEngelsk
Artikelnummer9203985
TidsskriftBioMed Research International
Vol/bind2018
Antal sider9
ISSN1110-7243
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 2018

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