Patient stories

After learning their unborn daughter had myelomeningocele, the most severe form of spina bifida, Miah’s parents turned to CHOP for care that would allow her to thrive.

Ciarlo was diagnosed before birth with spina bifida and had surgery at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia the day after he was born. Today, he’s followed by the Spina Bifida Program.

Emma’s family traveled from Toronto to Philadelphia to seek prenatal treatment for their unborn daughter, who was prenatally diagnosed with spina bifida.

Prenatally diagnosed with myelomeningocele (MMC), the most severe form of spina bifida, Sean Mulligan underwent fetal surgery at CHOP to repair the birth defect.