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  2. Cleveland Clinic performs its first-ever in utero surgery to ...

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    A multispecialty team of clinicians led by Darrell Cass, M.D., the director of Fetal Surgery at Cleveland Clinic's Fetal Center, surgically corrected the fetus's spina bifida in February and the ...

  3. Fetal surgery - Wikipedia

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    Risks of fetal surgery, specifically prenatal spina bifida repair, include premature rupture of membranes, uterine rupture in future pregnancies, premature birth and intraspinal inclusion cysts or a tethered cord in the fetus or newborn baby. [4] Open fetal surgery has proven to be reasonably safe for the mother. [3]

  4. Cleveland Clinic performs its first-ever in utero surgery to ...

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  5. Hand of Hope - Wikipedia

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    Hand of Hope is a 1999 medical photograph taken by Michael Clancy during open fetal surgery, showing the hand of the fetus extending from the incision in the mother's uterus and seeming to grasp a surgeon's finger. Clancy was documenting a procedure being developed at Vanderbilt University to treat spina bifida. The photograph was taken on 19 ...

  6. Spina bifida - Wikipedia

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    Spina bifida is a type of neural tube defect related to but distinct from other types such as anencephaly and encephalocele. [13] Most cases of spina bifida can be prevented if the mother gets enough folate before and during pregnancy. [3] Adding folic acid to flour has been found to be effective for most women. [14]

  7. Baby Lexi marks first birthday after breakthrough surgery at ...

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    Spina bifida is a birth defect in which tissue and bone don't form correctly around the spinal cord in the womb, leaving the spinal cord exposed, usually with a hole around the base of the spine.

  8. Fetoscopy - Wikipedia

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    A small (3–4 mm) incision is made in the abdomen, and an endoscope is inserted through the abdominal wall and uterus into the amniotic cavity. Fetoscopy allows for medical interventions such as a biopsy (tissue sample) or a laser occlusion of abnormal blood vessels (such as chorioangioma) or the treatment of spina bifida. [1]

  9. Babies with spina bifida operated on within the womb

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    A London hospital has become the first in the country to carry out keyhole surgery on babies with spina bifida while they are still in their mother’s womb. A team of neurosurgeons and fetal ...