In this first-of-its-kind fetal surgery for spina bifida, UC Davis surgeons apply a special stem cell patch to the spinal cord of the developing baby. “I was willing to do the surgery to give ...

Multiple babies have been born after receiving the world’s first spina bifida treatment combining surgery with stem cells ... “When the baby sheep who received stem cells were born, they ...

A baby is now thriving after undergoing complex back surgery when he was still in the womb. Serena Nye, from Eastbourne, was told after her 20-week pregnancy scan her unborn son had spina bifida.

Parel's Wadia Hospital in Mumbai introduced a fetal surgery center for open spina bifida, allowing surgery between the 20th and 26th weeks of pregnancy. This procedure aims to repair spinal ...

Last week's episode of Call the Midwife provoked a huge reaction from viewers, as it explored a storyline surrounding parents refusing to keep their baby who had been born with spina bifida.

Manjeri’s baby, only 6 months ... to seven children undergo surgery here every day. Hydrocephalus can be congenital. For instance, children who are born with spina bifida, a defect in which ...