Fetal lower urinary tract outflow obstruction prevents the unborn baby from passing urine. This can result in a reduction in the volume of amniotic fluid, and problems with the development of the baby ...

Physicians at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia have reported encouraging short-term outcomes in fetal surgery for the birth defect spina bifida. Among the benefits were a reduced need for a ...

Fetuses with enlarged ventricles -- the fluid-filled cavities inside the brain -- may be less likely than their counterparts to benefit from surgery in the womb to treat spina bifida, according to a ...

Kourtney Kardashian, 44, announced she had to undergo foetal surgery in an emotional Instagram post shared Wednesday evening. In the picture, Kardashian, who is expecting her fourth child, appears to ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Pregnant women were afraid to have it. Doctors were afraid to do it. Hospitals stopped performing the surgery because the government wanted evidence it was safe and worth doing. Now ...

Fetuses with enlarged ventricles—the fluid-filled cavities inside the brain—may be less likely than other fetuses to benefit from surgery in the womb to treat spina bifida, according to a study ...

If Kourtney Kardashian’s Instagram post last week marked the first time you’d ever seen the term “foetal surgery,” you’re not alone. Procedures in which a doctor operates on an unborn foetus aren’t as ...

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

Study links enlarged brain cavities to need for second surgery after birth - Fetuses with enlarged ventricles--the fluid-filled cavities inside the brain--may be less likely than their counterparts to ...