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Message: <blockquote data-quote="rab" data-source="post: 11017010" data-attributes="member: 300131"><img src="http://cdn.physorg.com/newman/gfx/news/1-fetalsurgery.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />                                                      Part of the spinal cord and spinal nerves, usually  encased in a sac, protrude through an opening in the back and is exposed  to the amniotic fluid. The brainstem (hindbrain) descends, or  herniates, into the spinal canal in the neck and blocks the flow of  cerebrospinal fluid. This can cause a damaging buildup of fluid in the  brain called hydrocephalus. Credit: The Children's Hospital of  Philadelphia                                                                   Thirty years ago, the first human fetal surgery was  performed at the University of California, San Francisco. Now, a  randomized controlled trial has proven definitively that fetal surgery  can help certain patients before birth.http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-02-fetal-surgery-kids-spine-defect.html</blockquote>

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