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takyon [soylentnews.org] writes:

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

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 [bbc.co.uk] 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 [cnn.com]:

"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 -- she's completely normal," said Cass.

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