A myelomeningocele can be covered either during prenatal SB repair or postnatal myelomeningocele repair. MMC is a birth defect that consists of an open sac sticking out on the patient’s back or spinal cord as during gestation the neural tube has failed to close which made the neural tissue appear exposed on the spine.
To cover a myelomeningocele birth defect, surgery has to be carried out by a team of surgeons to put the spinal cord back into the spinal canal so that the area of this birth defect can be closed and covered with normal and healthy skin. [20]