Benefits of fetal surgery for spina bifida continue through school age

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