First Mom and Baby In-Utero Fetal Surgery in Utah Reunited with Intermountain Primary Children’s and U of U Health Medical Team
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Wednesday, April 13, 2022
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The complex, often life-saving surgery is available at only a few hospitals nationwide and now includes the Utah Fetal Center.
Key Points:
- The complex, often life-saving surgery is available at only a few hospitals nationwide and now includes the Utah Fetal Center.
- The surgery is so complex that only a handful of hospitals in the country can perform it, said Stephen Fenton, MD, a pediatric surgeon with University of Utah Health and Intermountain Primary Childrens Hospital and director of Utah Fetal Center.
- The fetal surgery is made possible through a partnership between University of Utah Health and Intermountain Primary Childrens Hospital.
- Fetal surgery is part of Intermountain Healthcares Primary Promise to create the nations model health system for children .