Texas Children's Fetal Center Performs Successful Fetal Surgery for Spina Bifida

As one of the country's leading medical centers diagnosing and treating fetal anomalies, Texas Children's Fetal Center is proud to announce the birth of Baby Charlotte, the team's first patient to undergo in-utero surgery for the treatment of spina bifida. Baby Charlotte's mother went into labor nearly 11 weeks after fetal closure was performed, and delivered on Saturday evening by cesarean section. Mother and baby are doing well.

"Texas Children's Fetal Center is now one of the very few centers in the country providing all aspects of fetal surgery, and the addition of this capability increases the options of our Texas and regional patients tremendously," said Dr. Michael Belfort, MD, PhD, obstetrician and gynecologist-in-chief at Texas Children's Hospital and professor and chairman of the Department of Obstetrics at Baylor College of Medicine. "We have a magnificent team of specialists from a number of departments working together in the best interests of our fetal and neonatal patients. I am incredibly proud to be a member of this outstanding team and to be able to play a role in this mission."

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