Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–February 10, 2011. A surgical procedure to repair a common birth defect of the spine, if undertaken while a baby is still in the uterus, greatly reduces the need to divert, or shunt, fluid away from the brain, according to a study by the National Institutes of Health and four research institutions.
The surgical procedure consists of closing an opening at the back of the fetal spine. The fetal surgery is a departure from…
