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Medical team in surgical masks and gowns gathered around a patient during an operation; the central clinician holds a surgical instrument.

January 24, 2020

Study finds benefits of fetal surgery for spina bifida continue through school age

The benefits of fetal surgery to repair spina bifida, a procedure pioneered at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in 1997, continue through school age, a National Institutes of Health (NIH) study reports today in the journal Pediatrics.

By Vanderbilt Health News