US EditionNew Scientific Milestone at Garrahan Hospital: a Baby Was Born that Was Operated on Inside the Maternal Uterus
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A team of 25 professionals from the pediatric center participated in the surgery at week 27 of gestation. The girl had a diagnosis of myelomeningocele, a severe malformation of the spine
He has spina bifida and was corrected by this malformation. The intervention was very risky and is the first time that is done in the country without private support.
On Sunday, June 15, at Garrahan Hospital, the first baby operated on inside her mother's womb due to a prenatal diagnosis of myelomeningocele, a congenital malformation of the nervous system, was born by cesarean section. The fetal surgery was performed at 27 weeks of gestation with the goal of reducing cerebellar herniation and improving the anatomy of the central nervous system to reduce hydrocephalus, increase long-term cognitive ability, and…
These surgeries can prevent births with subsequent motor disabilities, paraplegia, or problems controlling sphincters, among other consequences of the anomaly.
Amid the conflict with Javier Milei's government over unupdated budget cuts and salaries, the Garrahan Hospital again showed why it is a beacon in pediatric public health. This time, the reason was not a protest, but an unprecedented surgical intervention: the Garrahan became the first public pediatric hospital in the country to perform fetal surgery inside the maternal uterus. The protagonist of this historical event was a baby diagnosed with m…
The intrauterine intervention was carried out on April 9, in the framework of the Program of Diagnosis and Fetal Treatment of the Garrahan. The team made up of surgeons, neurosurgeons, obstetricians, anesthetists, instrumentators and nurses, together with professional instructors from Curitiba, Brazil, who have performed 150 fetal surgeries, exposed the uterus outside the mother’s body to repair the spinal lesion of the fetus. The operation last…
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