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AIIMS Delhi Performs India's First Open Foetal Surgery To Repair Spinal Defect

Headline via NDTV · first report 14 Nov, 13:31 IST, latest 14 Nov, 14:16 IST

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2 independent news organisations have reported this story. The first report we saw came from Hindustan Times at 14 Nov, 13:31 IST; the latest is from NDTV at 14 Nov, 14:16 IST. Rational Times has not independently confirmed the details: read each report through the links below.

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First report14 Nov, 13:31 IST
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The six-hour procedure, performed on November 12, involved repairing a lumbosacral myelomeningocele, the most severe form of spina bifida, while the foetus was still in the womb, the hospital said.

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