Doctors perform lifesaving brain surgery on fetus in the womb
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Image caption: 3D illustration of a fetus in a womb. Image credit: iStockphoto / Getty Images. Article by Rebecca Corey. Yahoo! News – May 4, 2023.
In a first-of-its-kind procedure, physicians performed a successful in utero surgery to repair a rare and potentially deadly prenatal condition in a fetus. In utero surgery has been used for other conditions, but this is the first time it has been attempted to treat “vein of Galen malformation” — a rare blood vessel abnormality inside the brain that can cause a rush of high-pressure blood into the veins. […]
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