Pioneering womb surgery for ‘miracle’ baby with intestines outside its body | BBC News

Doctors have used ground-breaking surgery on an unborn baby to successfully correct a birth defect while he was still inside the womb.

Baby Theo had gastroschisis, where the belly button does not develop properly, causing the intestines to grow externally.

Watch how this pioneering surgery unfolded.

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