The University of Pennsylvania is the place where Fetal surgery is at a experimental stage. Dr.Micheal Carr is a Fetal surgery expert and is an associative professor in Pediatric urology. The womb is the carrier of the Fetus as we know and operating on the Fetus while it is in the womb is Fetal surgery. The defects affecting the fetus while in the womb can be corrected in this surgery.

Many diseases like tumors, disorder in urinary bladder can be seen in the Fetus. The development of diseases like these can be corrected before the Fetus is out. The pregnancy of 20 to 24 weeks is the right time for the fetal surgery. The mother of the affected Fetus is given anesthesia and fetus is taken out by the c section and then placed back after operation.

Each and everything has its own plus and minus similarly the surgery is high risk for both. The Fetal surgery is only performed when there is a life threat disease for the Fetus. The big risk is that once the Fetus is disturbed the uterus may never accept the Fetus back. Many people may have a premature labor due to this surgery.

Fetal surgery is happening from1998. Around 600 ladies have undergone this surgery. The surgery of the fetus is still in the experimental stage.