Doctors have used keyhole surgery to correct a baby’s spine while he was still inside the womb.
A 20-week scan found Jaxson Sharp from Horsham, West Sussex, had spina bifida.
Surgeons used a technique called fetoscopy to operate – the first time an procedure of its kind has been carried out in the UK.
Medics said the measure was “not a cure” but could significantly improve the quality of Jaxson’s life growing up.
