Guest guest Posted March 3, 2007 Report Share Posted March 3, 2007 I obviously didnt see this from the UK, but I recently watched a balloon being inserted intrauterine to stop the diaphragm from crushing the lungs due to a condition, it was amazing, then just before the birth the balloon was removed so the lungs could inflate at the birth...amazing stuff Lesley x > > Did anyone see the CBS Evening News last night? They showed doctors > performing a heart surgery on a baby in utero at 24 weeks. The little boy > had an artery that was closing and blocking off the blood flow to his left > ventricle, and they were able to insert a cathether through the mom's > abdomen and put a balloon in place to open up the artery. > > They said one of the next areas they're looking at for in utero surgeries > is cleft lip and palate repair. They've found that there's very little > scarring from in utero surgeries, so they think repairing the cleft in utero > would eliminate a lot of the scarring that sometimes occurs when the clefts > are repaired after the baby is born (not to mention the benefits of early > feeding that would come from this). > > Totally amazing! > > , mom to (5) > http://kauffmanlak.blogspot.com/ > > --------------------------------- > Cheap Talk? Check out Yahoo! Messenger's low PC-to-Phone call rates. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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