A team of doctors from the Boston Children's Hospital (USA) successfully performed the world's first brain surgery on a child before his birth, reports CNN..

Denver Coleman became a patient. In mid-February, during an ultrasound scan, she was diagnosed with a malformation of the vein of Galen, which carries blood from the brain to the heart (the diagnosis is called “Aneurysmal malformations of the vein of Galen”). A month later, on March 15, the girl was operated on in the womb, and on March 17 she was born successfully: she did not need additional drugs and equipment to maintain her life, and now she is developing without drugs, like a healthy child..

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Typically, babies diagnosed with this condition are treated after birth with a catheter in which tiny coils are inserted to slow blood flow.. However, according to radiologist Darren Orbach, who performed the Denver operation, treatment often occurs too late, resulting in 50-60% of patients getting major health problems (particularly heart failure and brain injuries), of which 40% die..

Recall, a month ago in Ukraine, for the first time, skin was transplanted from a posthumous donor to a 1-year-old child..