Fetal Surgeon Shows For First Time That Laser Procedure May Treat Vasa Previa

A University of South Florida fetal surgeon at Tampa General Hospital successfully treated in utero a rare but potentially devastating condition in which placental blood vessels block the birth canal and can rupture during labor, leaving the baby without vital blood and oxygen. If undiagnosed, the condition known as vasa previa is frequently deadly for newborns. [click link for full article]

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Filed under: Pregnancy on December 20th, 2007