Theo Dawson was diagnosed with spina bifida after a 20-week ultrasound and received fetal surgery before he was born.

February 9, 2011 — Repairing a myelomeningocele in utero, rather than after birth, reduces the risk for fetal or neonatal death and the need for shunting by age 1 and substantially improves neurologic ...

Every day, about eight babies in the U.S. are born with spina bifida, a birth defect that literally means "split spine" or "cleft spine," and essentially means that the brain, spinal cord, the ...

Performing delicate surgery in the womb, months before birth, can substantially improve outcomes for children with a common, disabling birth defect of the spine. A new landmark study shows that fetal ...

A five-year, $2.8 million grant was awarded to researchers at UTHealth Houston by the National Institutes of Health to ...

Spina bifida is the most common permanently disabling birth defect in the United States today. It is a structural birth defect that is formed as a result of incomplete closure in the vertebra of the ...

Any birth defect involving incomplete closure of the spine results in spina bifida. In normal cases the two sides of the backbone (spine) join together to cover the spinal cord, spinal nerves and ...

Biodegradation of poly(l-lactic acid) and poly(ε-caprolactone) patches by human amniotic fluid in an in-vitro simulated fetal environment The 19 anencephaly cases were taken as controls. Ninety-five ...

In a heartwarming viral TikTok video, a newborn from Wales is seen posing for his newborn photo session in the most adorable way—but what sets him apart from typical newborns is his spina bifida ...

For Jade and Mark, the news came out of the blue. They are the pregnancy stepping stones every expecting parent looks forward to - the doctor’s appointments and ultrasounds that chart your baby’s ...

Spina bifida, literally translated from Latin to “split spine” is a neural tube birth defect that is characterized by incomplete closure of the spinal cord. It can lead to symptoms such as loss of ...