A baby that was diagnosed with vein of Galen malformation at 30 weeks has undergone a brain surgery right inside the womb.
Children born with such a condition have a 30 percent chance of dying before age 11 and this affects one in 60,000 babies.
Such a condition occurs when arteries in the brain drain blood directly into the veins instead of capillaries. This floods the heart with blood and could lead to dangerously high blood pressure.
Ten surgeons carried out the first-ever meticulous procedure at the Boston Children’s Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital and this involved cutting into the womb, the baby’s skull and then operating on the developing brain.
This was the first time such a surgical procedure would be performed.
The woman reportedly gave birth to a healthy child two days later, and he was born without birth defects. Researchers are working with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to perform trials on this surgery’s safety and effectiveness, hoping to expand use- Team@orientactualmags.com
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