Patient stories

Chance had fetal surgery to treat a lower urinary tract obstruction. The happy baby returns to CHOP from his home in Brooklyn for urology and nephrology care.

During a routine ultrasound, Tara and Travis Markel learned that their baby’s bladder was the size of his head, indicating a serious birth defect. Their research led them to the Center for Fetal Diagnosis and Treatment at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

Mason was prenatally diagnosed with LUTO (keyhole bladder) and successfully treated with fetal surgery at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.