During a miraculous operation, they removed a fetus from the uterus, operated on it and put it back in its place.

At 24 weeks, a fetus measures between 25 and 30 centimeters, weighs about 650 grams and, if born premature, has very low survival probabilities. In these conditions, it was necessary to call on a group of English and Belgian doctors to fight against the "spina bifida" disease of the baby of the Bethon family. It is a disease that would have caused difficulties in birth, walking and even overall paralysis.

The risky operation was held at Great Ormond Street Hospital and the intervention was extremely complex: extract the fetus from the uterus, perform the operation and put it back in. the uterus of the mother. Despite the difficulties and the fact that 80% of parents decide to terminate the pregnancy when the baby has this condition, the group of doctors and parents decided to try to save his life. In fact, at the beginning, doctors had informed prospective parents that they had only two options: terminate the pregnancy or continue without intervention. However, at a new appointment, they had the opportunity to perform intrauterine fetal surgery.

This is the fourth time that this type of intervention is practiced and, at the moment, it is still a success.

Unpublished operation of the Italian hospital to a fetus of 25 weeks