Spina bifida operation carried out in the womb in UK first

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Spina bifida causes damage to the spinal cord resulting in weakness or total paralysis.

Sherrie Sharp, pictured with her son Jaxson, was one of the first to have the pioneering surgery at King'sIn the first surgery of its kind in the UK, doctors at King's College Hospital in London carried out a minimally invasive surgery to correct a dangerous fetal condition while the baby is still in its mother's womb.

The procedure involves a team of neurosurgeons and fetal medicine specialists using ultrasound to introduce a camera and instruments through tiny incisions in the mother's abdomen.

 

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Once again this is not the U.K. first we was infact and my son passed away no respect shown for him as we was assured when this release comes out it will be clear this was the second of the surgery

Having had relatively intricate back surgery this is amazing.

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