“Having access to the fetal tissue offers the possibility to model the fetal tissue while the baby is still ... For the most serious cases of CDH, doctors perform prenatal surgery to implant a balloon ...

The following is a summary of “Impact of Prenatal Repair for Fetal Myelomeningocele on Gastrointestinal Function,” published ...

DeBakey Department of Surgery, has developed a unique educational program designed to enhance the training and expertise of both Maternal-Fetal Medicine (MFM) and Pediatric Surgery-trained physicians ...

Baylor College of Medicine fetal therapy and surgery specialists rank among the world’s leaders in fetal medicine and perinatal surgery, providing the highest quality care available for pregnancies ...

For now, doctors must make do with what is currently available: fetal surgery. But not everyone agrees about which defects should be treated in utero and which are best left until after birth.

During open fetal surgery under maternal general anesthesia, providing additional analgesia for the fetus is still a matter of debate. In order to collect and analyze scientific literature on this ...