Fetal medicine
23 to 26
weeks of pregnancy: when surgeons can repair spina bifida in the womb.
- Up to 30 people are in theatre, including fetal surgeons, neurosurgeons and anaesthetists.
- The first UK operations were done by UCLH and GOSH teams in 2018.
- For severe left-sided CDH, a balloon in the fetal trachea (windpipe), called FETO, raised survival from 15% to 40% in a major trial.
Source: Great Ormond Street Hospital ยท TOTAL trial, NEJM 2021
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