Description: A research project at King's College London, UCL, KU Leuven and hospitals making fetal surgery a viable treatment of spina bifida, TTTS and CDH.
Discover our interdisciplinary research on fetal therapy and surgery.
Guided Instrumentation for Fetal Therapy and Surgery (GIFT-Surg) is an international research project developing the technology, tools and training necessary to make fetal surgery a viable possibility. We focus on the treatment of congenital birth defects such as spina bifida, twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome and congenital diaphragmatic hernia. The project is a collaboration between King’s College London, University College London and Katholieke Universiteit Leuven , as well as clinical partners Great Orm
Minimally invasive surgery is paramount to ensuring safe and effective treatment for fetal surgery. Surgeons have greater ability to work in a fragile, complex and real-time environment more successfully. That’s why GIFT-Surg is divided into multiple work packages to better manage the delivery of components.