{"id":366837,"date":"2026-08-03T13:00:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T12:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/pioneering-womb-surgery-for-miracle-baby-with-intestines-outside-its-body-bbc-news\/"},"modified":"2026-08-03T13:00:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T12:00:13","slug":"pioneering-womb-surgery-for-miracle-baby-with-intestines-outside-its-body-bbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/pioneering-womb-surgery-for-miracle-baby-with-intestines-outside-its-body-bbc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Pioneering womb surgery for &#8216;miracle&#8217; baby with intestines outside its body | BBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/w1f6lCsTWQ0\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Pioneering womb surgery for 'miracle' baby with intestines outside its body | BBC News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/w1f6lCsTWQ0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Doctors have used ground-breaking surgery on an unborn baby to successfully correct a birth defect while he was still inside the womb.<\/p>\n<p>Baby Theo had gastroschisis, where the belly button does not develop properly, causing the intestines to grow externally.<\/p>\n<p>Watch how this pioneering surgery unfolded.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our channel here: https:\/\/bbc.in\/bbcnews<\/p>\n<p>For the latest news download the BBC News app or visit BBC.com\/news<\/p>\n<p>#Science #BBCNews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Doctors have used ground-breaking surgery on an unborn baby to successfully correct a birth defect while he was still inside the womb. 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