Fetal Surgery

Fetal surgery is a procedure performed on an unborn baby (fetus) in the uterus (in utero) to help improve the long-term outcome of children with specific birth defects. Because these defects often worsen as a fetus develops, fetal surgery done by a team of experts focuses on treating and improving the conditions before birth.

Comprehensive health centers that have fetal surgery expertise and experience can treat many birth defects in utero, including:

• Amniotic band syndrome
• Bronchopulmonary sequestration of the lung
• Congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation (CCAM) of the lung
• Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH)
• Congenital high airway obstruction syndrome (CHAOS)
• Fetal anemia
• Lower urinary tract obstruction (LUTO)
• Mediastinal teratoma
• Neck mass
• Sacrococcygeal teratoma (SCT)
• Spina bifida (myelomeningocele)
• Twin anemia-polycythemia sequence (TAPS)