Doctors Perform Brain Surgery On Baby Inside Womb

<h4>Doctors Perform Brain Surgery On Baby Inside Womb<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> has reliably gathered that medical doctors have performed a first-ever brain surgery on a baby with a deadly genetic disorder while it is still inside the mother&&num;8217&semi;s womb&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The yet-to-be-born baby was diagnosed with a vein of Galen malformation at 30 weeks and children born with this kind of condition have a 30 per cent chance of dying before age 11&comma; Daily Mail reported on Thursday&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The surgery which involved cutting into the womb&comma; the baby&&num;8217&semi;s skull and then operating on the developing brain was carried out by a ten-man team of doctors at the Boston Children&&num;8217&semi;s Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital&comma; United States&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;20606" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-20606" style&equals;"width&colon; 300px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img class&equals;"size-medium wp-image-20606" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;05&sol;FB&lowbar;IMG&lowbar;1683203498052-300x198&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Doctors perform brain surgery " width&equals;"300" height&equals;"198" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-20606" class&equals;"wp-caption-text"><em><strong>The doctors<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>The operation requires slicing into the pregnant woman&&num;8217&semi;s abdomen and using an ultrasound to identify the artery and guide the surgery&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>After the operation&comma; the baby&&num;8217&semi;s mother gave birth to a healthy baby boy two days later without birth defects&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>Source&colon; Punch <&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;