Woman has pioneering womb surgery to fix 'miracle' baby with intestines outside its body
"The length of that day, it felt like a week," he said. "The waiting and just not knowing exactly what was going on at each and every stage."Maisie's womb was partially exposed to position the uterus and baby, the amniotic fluid was drained and replaced with carbon dioxide (CO2) gas to expand the operating space. Using keyhole surgery, Theo's organs were then gently pushed back inside his abdomen, which was stitched closed.Image source, Texas Children’s HospitalMaisie was left with a scar, twice the size of a C-section incision.
- ▪"The length of that day, it felt like a week," he said.
- ▪"The waiting and just not knowing exactly what was going on at each and every stage."Maisie's womb was partially exposed to position the uterus and baby, the amniotic fluid was drained and replaced with carbon dioxide (CO2) gas to expand th
- ▪Using keyhole surgery, Theo's organs were then gently pushed back inside his abdomen, which was stitched closed.Image source, Texas Children’s HospitalMaisie was left with a scar, twice the size of a C-section incision.
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Woman has pioneering womb surgery to fix 'miracle' baby with intestines outside its bodyImage source, Maisie SavageImage caption, Baby Theo was operated on while still in Maisie Savage's wombByCamilla HorroxGlobal health reporterPublished13 minutes agoDoctors have used ground-breaking surgery on an unborn baby to successfully correct a birth defect while he was still inside the womb.His mother, Maisie Savage, from London, was operated on by doctors in the US while she was 26 weeks pregnant.Baby Theo, who is now five months old and thriving, had gastroschisis, where the belly button does not develop properly, causing the intestines to grow externally.Doctors partially exposed his mother's womb and then gently pushed his organs back inside his abdomen using keyhole surgery.He was the third…
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