Miracles of Technology: Hope for Spina Bifida Babies
Women who receive the devastating news that their unborn has spina bifida may have more options then abort or proceed. The well-kept secret is open fetal surgery, a controversial procedure that is only performed by a handful of doctors in exactly three hospitals in the world. The procedure entails doctors making an incision in the mother's stomach, removing the uterus and place it on her torso, and then operate on the lesion that had formed on unborn baby's spine. The Garcias found this out on a website and went through with the surgery to deliver a much healthier baby. Read more.
