SH0CKING: Doctors Perform Surgery On Baby Inside The Womb | READ DETAILS
Faith Ukanwa
May 04, 2023
SH0CKING: Doctors Perform Surgery On Baby Inside The Womb | READ DETAILS
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Medical doctors at the Boston Children's Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital, in the United States, have performed a first-ever brain surgery on a baby with a deadly genetic disorder while it is still inside the mother's womb.
The yet-to-be-born baby was diagnosed with a vein of Galen malformation at 30 weeks and children born with this kind of condition have a 30 percent chance of dying before age 11, Daily Mail reported on Thursday.
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The surgery which involved cutting into the womb, the baby's skull and then operating on the developing brain was carried out by a ten-man team of doctors.
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The operation requires slicing into the pregnant woman's abdomen and using an ultrasound to identify the artery and guide the surgery.
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After the operation, the baby's mother gave birth to a healthy baby boy two days later without birth defects.
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