Screening For Critical Congenital Anomalies In NICU And Their Out Come in Assiut Universty

The (CMF) may be structural abnormalities with significant effect on function (e.g) cleft palate .

Or minimal effect on clinical function but may have cosmotic impact (e.g) pre-auricular pit .

In developed countries, outcome of neonatal congenital anomalies is favourable because of availability of antenatal diagnosis, improved surgical skills and technologies, sophisticated neonatal intensive care unit, availability of total parenteral nutrition and adequate staff.

In developing countries, however, neonatal surgery is still fraught with a lot of problems including late presentation and lack of medical facilities and human resources, thereby, making newborn surgery to be associated with unacceptably high morbidity and mortality.

Due to the burden of other neonatal and childhood diseases in developing countries, neonatal surgery is often considered low priority in healthcare budget planning and allocation.