Jah’meir Jenkins, a child from Chesapeake living with Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy, received a special bedroom makeover from the Sunshine Foundation Wednesday.

A WALLAN Primary School Student became the first Australian baby to have in utero surgery to lessen the impacts of Spina ...

Spina bifida is the most common birth defect of the central nervous system, in which the vertebral column and spine fail to develop properly while the baby is still forming in the womb. Four out ...

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A baby is now thriving after undergoing complex back surgery when he was still in the womb. Serena Nye, from Eastbourne, was told after her 20-week pregnancy scan her unborn son had spina bifida.

In this first-of-its-kind fetal surgery for spina bifida, UC Davis surgeons apply a special stem cell patch to the spinal cord of the developing baby. (UC Davis/Courtesy) ...

Surgeons at the Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) performed Oregon’s first in-utero surgery to repair spina bifida.

Spina bifida can cause leg paralysis and brain swelling. “Before fetal surgery was available a lot of these kids would be confined to wheelchairs,” said Dr. Halvorson.

“Though not a cure for spina bifida, when a baby and family are appropriate candidates, fetal surgery can preserve some of the damage caused to the spinal cord nerves later on in pregnancy.

Lexi Badenhop underwent surgery to correct her spina bifida birth defect when she was just 25 weeks in her mother Brittany's womb.

A 4-year-old girl in Colorado Springs is now walking thanks to a surgery she had before she was even born. Dianne Derby met with her, her parents, and one of the doctors behind her miraculous journey.

Hearing the words "birth defect" from her doctor was something Jaiden Detrick didn't want to hear but, it led her to go viral & test new treatment for spina bifida.