An Ohio hospital successfully performed its first in utero fetal surgery to repair a birth defect in a nearly 23-week-old fetus, making it one of few elite medical facilities in the U.S. capable of ...

Though she now thinks the doctor was using “very outdated information” about the defect, “it felt like our hearts were breaking,” said Johnna Kerres, also 29. The cause of spina bifida is unknown, and ...

Philadelphia, Pa. – Researchers at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia have completed the first study comparing the location on the spine of the birth defect spina bifida with the rate of shunting ...

In the first case study, the skin lesion in the fetus measured 5 centimeters by 6 centimeters and there was evidence of Chiari II malformation, a complication of spina bifida in which the brain stem ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - Cleveland Clinic doctors performed their first surgery on a baby still in her mother’s womb to repair a spina bifida birth defect. Spina bifida affects the lowest part of the ...

In June 2015, Jeffrey and Sonya Shorr's third child, Bella, came into the world via an emergency cesarean section. As mom Soyna, now 40, was recovering, the doctors gave the family some unexpected ...

POLK COUNTY, Fla. -- A Polk County baby was recently featured on national billboards to raise awareness for spina bifida. One-year-old Ava Reyes was featured on billboards in Orlando and across the ...

Walk-N-Roll to raise money for Spina Bifida will be held Saturday, Aug. 16 at Waterford Oaks Park in Waterford. Locally, Team Sophia is organizing in honor of Sophia Azzou, 5, of Commerce who was born ...

HOUSTON - (July 11, 2016) - A patch made from cryopreserved human umbilical cord may be a novel method for treating spina bifida in utero, according to researchers at McGovern Medical School at The ...

Anna Williamson, 10, runs sprints during basketball practice in Cary. In 2001, doctors operated on Anna while she was in her mother's womb to correct a spina bifida lesion. Robert Willett ...

Krogh et al 10 found that 66% of the children with myelomeningocele aged 6 years or older who suffered from faecal incontinence reported that this problem had some or even a major influence on their ...