Iranian surgeons treat rare fetal disease inside womb for first time in West Asia
Iran's distinguished surgeons have for the first time in the West Asia region succeeded in treating a rare fetal disease inside the mother's womb.
The complex surgery was conducted at Imam Khomeini Hospital in the capital Tehran to correct a type of arteriovenous malformation in the fetal brain, which, if left untreated, would have caused dangerous problems for the fetus and after the birth.
The fetus, as the surgeons said, was suffering from a type of swelling that was putting pressure on the blood vessels in the brain.
“The goal of this operation is to treat the blood vessels in the fetal brain to mitigate its possible complications,” said Dr. Sediqeh Borna, a gynecologist.
The operation had successfully been performed for the first time in the United States under the supervision of Dr. Alireza Shamshir Saz, a prominent Iranian physician and head of the embryology department at Massachusetts General Hospital. Recently, he shared his experience with Imam Khomeini Hospital in Iran.
The professor at Harvard University said the new method uses ultrasound waves to treat "Galen vein" problems in fetuses, which, if left untreated, can lead to bleeding, stroke, or heart failure.
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