Michigan Medicine performed the state’s first spina bifida fetal surgery in 2014 – and today, that baby is a running, dancing, active fiveyearold.

Carter Hilton recently celebrated his fifth birthday and started junior kindergarten. He was the first baby in Michigan to undergo a specialized surgery to repair spina bifida – while he was still in the womb.

Since Carter’s case in 2014, Michigan Medicine has performed roughly 20 similar inutero surgeries that aim to improve long term outcomes for children with the condition.

Watch: In utero spina bifida repair surgery animation: 0:02:47



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