A historic day at UC Davis Children's Hospital. A baby is being born after receiving a first-of-its-kind fetal surgery months before. Stem cells were applied to her spinal cord in a new procedure to treat spina bifida, a condition that could otherwise leave the baby paralyzed from the waist down. In part 4 of this Emmy winning documentary on the CuRe Trial from UC Davis Health, we meet baby Robbie on the day she's born and see the initial results of a novel procedure that could change her life -- and the lives of many more spina bifida patients to come.

Watch the full "Searching for a Cure" documentary:    • Searching For a Cure - The World's Fi...  
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"Hope for a Spina Bifida Cure" podcast: https://www.ucdavis.edu/news/podcasts...

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The Fetal Care and Treatment Center at UC Davis Children's Hospital offers the first comprehensive multidisciplinary fetal diagnosis and therapy center in inland Northern California. This includes nationally and internationally renowned physicians who bring leadership and expertise in fetal diagnostics and intervention, including both surgical and nonsurgical therapies. Families in the Sacramento region and beyond are able to benefit from advancements in maternal-fetal medicine and surgery that allow for intervention in utero or in real-time during the birthing process close to home. We offer comprehensive diagnostic and treatment options for a wide range of congenital disorders and conditions.

UC Davis Fetal Care and Treatment Center: https://ucdavis.health/fctc
Meet the UC Davis FCTC team: https://health.ucdavis.edu/children/s...
Conditions we treat: https://health.ucdavis.edu/children/s...
UC Davis Children's Hospital: https://children.ucdavis.edu
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0:00 Delivery day for Baby Robbie
0:58 An extraordinary delivery
1:45 Baby Robbie is here!
3:42 Robbie turns two weeks old
5:23 The next steps of the CuRe Trial

The information in this video was accurate as of the upload date, 10/6/22. For information purposes only. Consult your local medical authority for advice.

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