High-Tech Surgery Saving Lives of Unborn Babies
Kim Mulvihill, MD, reports on the pioneering field of fetal surgery developed and refined at UCSF Children's Hospital that has saved the lives of babies with birth defects and enabled many to live normal lives. Michael Harrison, MD, and Sam Hawgood, MBBS, "two of the top-guns at UCSF Children's Hospital who are involved in these miracles," talked to KPIX's Mulvihill about fetal surgery. KPIX shows footage of a fetal surgery performed on Kristin Garcia, whose baby is now a healthy six-year-old.
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Related Links:
High-Tech Surgery Saving Lives of Unborn Babies HealthWatch, KPIX-TV, September 7, 2006
Father of Fetal Surgery Looks Ahead UCSF Today, March 28, 2006 UCSF Names Renowned Neonatologist Sam Hawgood as New Chair of Pediatrics
UCSF News Release, May 17, 2004