Sunday, February 13, 2011

Study: Major Benefits For Spina Bifida Surgery In The Womb

A new study in the New England Journal of Medicine says that if a baby is operated on while still in the uterus, the most serious complications of the worst form of spina bifada, myelomeningocele, can be lessened.

A clinical trial of 158 women found that brain malformations were reversed in one-third of the fetuses and that almost half the babies could eventually walk without crutches.

See Miriam Falco's, CNN article HERE.

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