Four years ago, the team of the fetal medicine department of the Armand Trousseau Hospital and the neurosurgery team of the Necker-Enfants Malades hospital had made a “first” by operating in utero on a little girl suffering from spina bifida (a malformation of the central nervous system).
This time, it is the doctors of the University college of London (Great Britain) who sign this “first” across the Channel: the repair of the bone marrow of two babies still in the womb of their mother. A highly anticipated operation because British patients have so far turned to Belgium for this type of operation.
Spina bifida occurs when a baby’s neural tube (the early form of the brain and spinal cord) does not form properly, which leads to defects in the spinal cord and bones in the spine. Spina bifida is usually cured after birth, but recent research has shown that repairing a baby’s spine in utero can stop cerebrospinal fluid loss and improve health and mobility outcomes.
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