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Spinal surgey on baby in womb

Author
AAP,
Publish Date
Sun, 24 Jul 2016, 7:48PM
(Stockxchange)
(Stockxchange)

Spinal surgey on baby in womb

Author
AAP,
Publish Date
Sun, 24 Jul 2016, 7:48PM

A mother and her unborn baby are doing well after Australia's first spinal surgery on a baby while it was still in the womb.

The 24-week-old foetus was diagnosed with spina bifida, a condition that affects one in 2000 pregnancies in Australia, during an ultrasound.

Surgeons carried out the in-utero operation in Brisbane yesterday.

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