Medicine constantly outdoes itself by new remarkable surgeries that keep pushing limits. One of the most recent surgeries, reported by foxnews.com was performed on a baby boy still in the womb. After a routine scan doctors found a tumor the size of an orange. The surgery was done in the womb because of the size of the tumor and fear of the baby dying once delivered.
But the surgery was tricky– the doctors partly delivered baby Arthur so he could receive oxygen via placenta, once a tube was placed in his throat he could breathe easier.
“If we had delivered Arthur normally or by a Caesarean section, it would have been very likely that he would have died immediately,” Dr. Saurabh Gandhi, an obstetric consultant and specialist in fetal maternal medicine at the Jessop Hospital in Sheffield, England told the newspaper.
Once baby Arthur stabilized he was delivered completely and was rushed into surgery to remove the tumor. After the four hour surgery baby Arthur was placed on a ventilator in the NICU. Arthur will be able to breathe on his own by the time he turns one.
Great work doctors, you’ve placed the bar just a tad higher until the next incredible surgery comes along.
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