Mater Mother's Hospital Archive — Page 1 of 1

Medical staff in surgical gowns, masks, and caps perform an operation in an operating room.

August 25, 2016

VUMC team helps launch fetal surgery program in Australia

Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) made history in 1997 when two surgeons pioneered fetal surgery to treat spina bifida, or myelomeningocele, the most common birth defect in the central nervous system.

By Christina Echegaray