Objective: To determine the prevalence of early postoperative complications in patients undergoing surgical

treatment for meningomyelocele.

Study Design: Descriptive study

Place & Duration: Department of Neurosurgery, Saidu Teaching Hospital, Saidu Sharif, Swat for duration of

three years from November 2017 to October 2020.

Methods: Total one hundred and thirty six patients of both genders presented with meningomycele were included

in this study. Patients’ ages were ranging from 5 to 120 days. All the patients were undergoing surgical treatment

for meningomyelocele. Early post-operative complications were recorded after surgery

Results: There were 76 (55.88%) males and 60 (44.12%) females. Forty (29.41%) patients were ages <1 month,

59 (43.38%) patients were ages 1 to 2 months 37 (27.21%) were ages above 2 months. Majority of patients 70

(51.47%) had defect size <5 cm. Post-operative complications such as surgical site infection, pyrexia,

hydrocephalus and cerebrospinal fluid leakage in 20 (14.71%), 115 (84.56%, 29 (21.32%) and 33 (24.26%)

patients respectively.

Conclusion: Early and accurate diagnosis and better management may reduce the complications rate

Keywords: Prevalence, Complications, Meningomvelocele