HOUSTON (KTRK) -- Children born with spina bifida usually face a multitude of challenges throughout their lives, with many of them having limited mobility. But a ground breaking experimental surgery ...

Spina bifida is a major fetal structural condition that involves significant neuromuscular and skeletal changes, and nearly half of the children who have it also have scoliosis. Severe scoliosis has a ...

What if surgeons could repair a birth defect before a baby is even born? For some families facing a diagnosis of spina bifida, that possibility is now real thanks to advances in fetal surgery. Spina ...

SALT LAKE CITY — Maddison Vance said when her baby was diagnosed with spina bifida shortly after her 20-week ultrasound, there was no question in her and her husband's minds that they were going to ...

HOUSTON - I recently had the extraordinary opportunity to step into the operating room at Texas Children's Hospital, where a renowned surgeon invited me to witness a transformative procedure for an ...

A Tinton Falls boy diagnosed with spina bifida in the womb has defied a dire prognosis by learning to walk. Nikos Kaymakcian, now 7, was named the 2025 Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals’ New Jersey ...

A clinical trial for spina bifida treatment suggests that a surgical approach relying on stem cells is safe for patients. Its efficacy is still being evaluated.

Three-year-old Floyce Oyier struggles to stand on her feet. Unlike children of her age, she still crawls. She is unstable and her legs are feeble. Her mother, Davin Oyundi, doesn't mind carrying ...

The Festus Fajemilo Foundation (FFF), a non-governmental organisation, has highlighted the urgent need for increased awareness and special care for children living with Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus ...

In utero treatment of myelomeningocele, the most severe form of spina bifida, with allogeneic, live stem cells was feasible and safe, a first-in-human, phase I trial suggested. All six infants had an ...