Pittsburgh Surgeons Repair Spina Bifida in Utero at 25 Weeks Gestation
PITTSBURGH, Pa. (Post-Gazette) — A new type of fetal surgery to repair the most common and severe type of spina bifida has been done for the first time in Pittsburgh and now three months after being born, the little patient is showing almost completely normal leg function. Surgery was done by a team of specialists — led by Dr. Stephen Emery, director of the…
