Clinic Performs Surgery On Fetus Inside Mother’s Womb, Repairs Spinal Cord Defect

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6/19/2019Updated: 6/19/2019

A clinic in Ohio performed its first utero fetal surgery to repair a spinal cord defect in a 23-week-old fetus who was delivered at 37 weeks through C-section on June 3.

A multispecialty team of clinicians in Cleveland Clinic repaired a spina bifida birth defect in February in a fetus who was delivered at full term this month, said a press release by the clinic.

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