In surgery, the first of its kind and an unprecedented medical achievement, British doctors performed two fetuses in their mothers' womb, weeks before their first breath.
Doctors at University College Hospital in London this summer performed surgery to repair the spine of two children while still in their mother's womb.
The two children suffered from a "condition" developed during pregnancy months, which are not the bones of the spine correctly, creating a gap in which the spinal cord is unprotected, which may lead to leakage of the brain and presents the development of the brain of the children at risk.
According to Sky News, these surgeries are usually treated after childbirth, but research has shown that earlier repair of the baby's spine can stop the loss of the "spinal cord" or so-called spinal fluid, leading to better health and long-term movement .
Pregnant women in Britain were previously forced to travel to the United States, Belgium or Switzerland for the procedure, which takes about 90 minutes and also carries the risk of premature birth.
More than 200 children are born with this condition every year in Britain, and prenatal surgery comes after a major US trial showed a 50 percent reduction in the need for brain transplants to drain liquids, a procedure with major complications and serious side effects .
