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Spinabifida.net recently optimized their website to provide visitors a better experience and a more efficient way to access information on neural tube defects in particular, spina bifida. Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) May 06, 2013 With a new search engine optimized website, Spinabifida.net is now offering the community an online site that generates more efficient search on neural tube defects such as spina bifida. The website also caters to those seeking information on spina bifida related...
Surgery is the 22nd fetal myelomeningocele repair conducted at the St. Louis Fetal Care Institute. Saint Louis, MO (PRWEB) April 29, 2013 A better chance of walking, along with reduced brain and nerve damage, is what doctors at the St. Louis Fetal Care Institute are working toward for babies with the most severe from of spina bifida, myelomeningocele. Myelomeningocele is caused when the back’s bones do not close over to protect the spinal cord. It can cause paralysis and brain damage...
Over 100 Floridians, including patients treated while still in the womb, reunite with their Pennsylvania doctors and nurses CLEARWATER, Fla., March 3, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Center for Fetal Diagnosis and Treatment at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) today brought together a unique community of families from across Florida: all former CHOP patients who either underwent fetal surgery to treat conditions before birth, or needed specialized care or surgery...
--Specialists at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Describe Latest Advances in Fetal Diagnosis and Treatment-- PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 12, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Fetal surgery--including surgical interventions to repair birth defects in the womb--is progressing into medical practice in highly specialized centers. Advanced imaging and diagnostic tools, new instruments and medications, and greater depth of experience are driving this rapidly evolving frontier of medicine....
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Thirty years ago the idea of performing fetal surgery seemed more like science fiction than reality. Today, however, highly sophisticated surgical teams regularly repair spina bifida and other birth defects before birth, and fetal therapy is recognized as one of the most promising fields in pediatric medicine. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120810/DC56010) Spina bifida is the most common birth defect of the central...
--Nurses from The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Review Dramatic Advances, Describe Best Care Practices-- PHILADELPHIA, June 6, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Maternal-fetal care is entering a new era. Highly sophisticated surgical teams now repair spina bifida and other birth defects in the womb, place fetal shunts to treat life-threatening congenital conditions, and perform minimally invasive procedures in the mother's uterus to treat complications in fetal twins. These...
HOUSTON, Feb. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As one of the country's leading medical centers diagnosing and treating fetal anomalies, Texas Children's Fetal Center is proud to announce the birth of Baby Charlotte, the team's first patient to undergo in-utero surgery for the treatment of spina bifida. Baby Charlotte's mother went into labor nearly 11 weeks after fetal closure was performed, and delivered on Saturday evening by cesarean section. Mother and baby are doing well....
After birth for children with spina bifida In a study to be presented today at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting ™, in Dallas, Texas, researchers will report findings that show that, for children with spina bifida, surgery conducted while the fetus is still in utero as opposed to surgery on a newborn is more cost effective due to the costs associated with caring for a child with significant deficits. This study, A Cost Effective Analysis...
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 19, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A free educational video portraying delicate surgery, that dramatically improves outcomes when performed before birth on fetuses with spina bifida, is available to parents facing this significant pre-birth decision. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20111019/DC89683 ) Spina bifida is the most common birth defect of the central nervous system, affecting about 1,500 babies born each year in the United States. New research, co-led...
(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Mother's carrying babies with spina bilfida could see major benefits by having surgery in the womb. Spina bifida, is a birth defect that affects 1,500 of the babies born in the U.S. each year. The bone around the spine doesn't form properly, causing part of the spinal cord to stick out of the baby's back.According to this study, about 10% of babies born with the defect die after birth. Since there is no cure for the defect, some parents choose to end the...
