If your child is diagnosed with spina bifida in utero, you may feel overwhelmed. We are by your side with a path forward and answers to your many questions.

Children’s Health℠ is one of the few hospitals that performs special types of surgery while a fetus is still in the womb. Doctors can repair birth defects while the baby is still attached to the umbilical cord, then return the fetus to the mother’s womb.

Treatments range from oral medication and assistive devices to bladder training and surgery. The UT Southwestern physicians and nurses practicing at Children’s Health have the experience and the resources to help manage even the most severe diagnosis.