A baby with spina bifida has been delivered in Abu Dhabi after undergoing spinal correction surgery while still in the womb.
A team of doctors successfully performed spinal correction surgery on an unborn child of a Colombian couple earlier in June.
Baby Maryam was delivered in August by a team of doctors at Burjeel Medical Center.
Spina bifida is a birth defect that occurs when bones forming the spine do not develop leading to the spinal cord being left exposed to the amniotic fluid resulting in a permanent disability.
