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posted by janrinok on Wednesday October 26 2016, @07:14AM   Printer-friendly
from the happy-birthdays-to-you dept.

A newborn has successfully undergone an operation to remove a sacrococcygeal teratoma tumor at 23 weeks, 5 days into the mother's pregnancy. The mother gave birth to the baby during week 35:

A baby girl from Lewisville, Texas, has been "born" twice after she was taken out of her mother's womb for 20 minutes for life-saving surgery.

At 16 weeks pregnant, Margaret Hawkins Boemer discovered her daughter, Lynlee Hope, had a tumour on her spine.

The mass, known as a sacrococcygeal teratoma, was diverting blood from the foetus - raising the risk of fatal heart failure.

[...] Doctor Darrell Cass of Texas Children's Fetal Centre was one of the team who carried out the surgery. He said the tumour had been so large that a "huge" incision was required to reach it, leaving the baby "hanging out in the air".

Lynlee's heart virtually stopped during the procedure but a heart specialist kept her alive while most of the tumour was removed, he added. The team then placed her back in her mother's womb and sewed her uterus up.

This isn't the first surgery of its kind:

"Baby Boemer is still an infant but is doing beautiful," said Cass, remarking that she is perfectly healthy. His one previous surgery of this kind was also a success. "I think she's about 7 now, and she sings karaoke to Taylor swift[sic] -- she's completely normal," said Cass.


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 26 2016, @02:44PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 26 2016, @02:44PM (#419002)

    if it wasn't worth it, it wouldn't have happened.
    and you're an asshole.

  • (Score: 2) by meustrus on Wednesday October 26 2016, @10:17PM

    by meustrus (4961) on Wednesday October 26 2016, @10:17PM (#419180)

    It's hard to tell if it's worth it when the family is facing a fixed deductible and the health insurance company is facing contractual obligations based on doctor's recommendations with nobody even able to find out what the total costs really were.

    And yes, I am being an asshole. It's the internet and somebody had to say it. As a matter of personal conviction...I'm not as concerned as I seem. Mainly I want to see somebody (like AthanasiusKircher below) refute me.

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    If there isn't at least one reference or primary source, it's not +1 Informative. Maybe the underused +1 Interesting?