Pioneering Womb Surgery Offers New Hope for UK Babies with Gastroschisis

Doctors have successfully performed groundbreaking surgery on an unborn baby to correct a serious birth defect while he was still in the womb, marking the first time this procedure has been completed on a British infant as part of a pioneering clinical trial.

Baby Theo, from London, was born to parents Maisie Savage and Josh French. At 26 weeks pregnant, he underwent surgery in the United States to repair complex gastroschisis, a condition where the intestines develop...