Friday, 5 May 2023

Doctors perform first-ever brain surgery on baby while it was still in mom's WOMB

Doctors perform first-ever brain surgery on baby while it was still in mom's WOMB Doctors have saved an unborn baby from certain death after performing a first-of-its-kind brain surgery while the child was still in the womb.

A ten-strong team at the Boston Children's Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital carried out the meticulous procedure, which involved cutting into the womb, the baby's skull and then operating on the developing brain.

The baby was diagnosed with vein of Galen malformation at 30 weeks. Children born with the condition have a 30 percent chance of dying before age 11. The Daily Mail

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