From open fetal surgery to minimally invasive techniques
The first fetal surgery in the world was performed at UCSF over 3 decades ago
With fetal MRI we can detect abnormalities in the fetal brain that are not visible on prenatal ultrasound
Better fetal diagnosis and treatment through next-generation gene sequencing
Twenty-five years after the first fetal surgery was performed, doctors and ethicists are trying to learn whether and when the drastic procedures work—and whether they're worth the frightening risks.