A Prenatal Surgery For Spina Bifida Comes Of Age : NPR

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A Prenatal Surgery For Spina Bifida Comes Of Age : NPR

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Spina bifida, a spinal cord defect, affects about 1,500 U.S. pregnancies each year. Just this year, surgery to correct this birth defect while the fetus is still in the womb has moved past the experimental phase. While the surgery doesn't guarantee a perfect outcome, sometimes the results are truly amazing.

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Tags: Neural Tube Defect, Spina Bifida, Pregnancy, Childbirth, Surgery

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