Surgery For the Unborn: Inside a Fetal Surgery Unit


60m 2001

Brief Synopsis

In the past, prenatal care involved vitamins, exercise, sonograms and bloodwork. Now, doctors are learning that they have an opportunity during gestation to surgically correct medical problems in children before they are born. The program takes viewers inside the Fetal Surgery Unit at Vanderbilt Uni

Film Details

Genre
Documentary
Release Date
2001

Technical Specs

Duration
60m

Synopsis

In the past, prenatal care involved vitamins, exercise, sonograms and bloodwork. Now, doctors are learning that they have an opportunity during gestation to surgically correct medical problems in children before they are born. The program takes viewers inside the Fetal Surgery Unit at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Doctors repair a lesion on the spine of the unborn son of Marjorie Hayden.

Film Details

Genre
Documentary
Release Date
2001

Technical Specs

Duration
60m

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