Posted on 10/18/2018 8:37:37 AM PDT by Salman
In the first operation of its kind in Europe, the San Raffaele hospital in Milan has used new technology to correct the congenital defect, which affects some 20,000 babies worldwide.
Doctors in Milan have successfully used a new technique to correct spina bifida in an unborn baby at 22 weeks.
A team of gynecologists and neurosurgeons at the city’s San Raffaele Hospital have successfully performed the "complete neurosurgical correction of spina bifida in utero," local media reports.
The condition was diagnosed at the 19th week of pregnancy, and the operation, which lasted just over two hours, was carried out three weeks later.
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“Note: This is a defect commonly cited as a reason for abortion.”
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What a blessing this would be!
That the operation is successful is fantastic news........
Horrible birth defect now correctable.....
I was involved years ago in trying to save baby with spina bifida being starved and dehydrated to death in hospital. Got doctor sanctioned. Still have hate mail.
That's disturbing. We have through the years socialized with some friends of my sister in law. They had a child born with spina bifida. He's about 11 now. Boisterous, energetic, upbeat, smart. He has leg braces so he sort of waddles when he walks but other then that I see no reason you could point at him and say he'd have been better off snuffed before he was born. I don't see him on bad days, and I suppose there are bad days, but still. His parents treasure him.
Cue the “thwarting God’s will” crowd.
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