Michigan Medicine performed the state’s first spina bifida fetal surgery in 2014 – and today, that baby is a running, dancing, active five-year-old.
Carter Hilton recently celebrated his fifth birthday and started junior kindergarten. He was the first baby in Michigan to undergo a specialized surgery to repair spina bifida – while he was still in the womb.
Since Carter’s case in 2014, Michigan Medicine has performed roughly 20 similar in-utero surgeries that aim to improve long term outcomes for children with the condition.
Watch: In utero spina bifida repair surgery animation: 0:02:47
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Fixing Spina Bifida in the Womb
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