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These measures were correlated with postnatal anatomical (as assessed by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)) and functional lesion levels, survival and motor and mental outcome at 5 years of age. The capacity of prenatal ultrasonography to determine lesion level was also assessed in all fetuses diagnosed with spina bifida from 2006\u20132007 (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic> = 18).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Nineteen infants died before the age of 5 years. Multivariate regression analysis showed that higher lesion level and head circumference \u2265 the 90<jats:sup>th<\/jats:sup> percentile on prenatal ultrasound examination were independent predictors of demise (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> &lt; 0.05 and <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 0.01, respectively). None of the ultrasound features was a predictor of motor or mental functioning. Ultrasound predicted anatomical lesion level within one level of the postnatal findings in 50% of the first cohort and 89% of the second cohort (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> &lt; 0.01). The level of the anatomical lesion as assessed by postnatal MRI differed from the functional lesion by as many as six vertebral levels.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>Lesion level and head circumference on prenatal ultrasound are predictive of survival in children with spina bifida. No predictors were found for mental or motor function at the age of 5 years. Copyright \u00a9 2009 ISUOG. 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