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  2. 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 ...

  3. Fetoscopy - Wikipedia

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    Fetoscopy is an endoscopic procedure during pregnancy to allow surgical access to the fetus, the amniotic cavity, the umbilical cord, and the fetal side of the placenta.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.

  4. 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 ...

  5. 3 pregnant women were stuck in the hospital on bedrest ... - AOL

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    The moms support one another as moms grappling with babies who have spina bifida. 3 pregnant women were stuck in the hospital on bedrest. They bonded over a scary diagnosis

  6. 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]

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

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    For decades, all spina bifida surgeries were conducted after a baby was born, but a 2011 study found that surgery done while the baby was still in the mother's womb had much better health outcomes ...

  8. Birth defect - Wikipedia

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    For example, a lack of folic acid, a B vitamin, in the diet of a mother can cause cellular neural tube deformities that result in spina bifida. Congenital disorders such as a neural tube deformity can be prevented by 72% if the mother consumes 4 mg of folic acid before the conception and after twelve weeks of pregnancy. [ 70 ]

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

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    According to the CDC, approximately 1,645 babies are born with spina bifida each year in the United States. During the fetal surgery to correct the condition, a C-section-like incision is made to ...