A U.S.-based Nigerian surgeon, Dr. Oluyinka Olutoye attained an incredible feat in the medical sector in 2016 when he performed successful surgery on a fetus in-utero.
The fetus, who was 23 weeks old when she was operated upon, was diagnosed with sacrococcygeal teratoma.
In a YouTube video, the brilliant doctor gave a brief summary of his journey as a pediatric surgeon and an account of the successful surgery.
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Sacrococcygeal teratoma is a rare, often life-threatening condition that forms a malignant tumor at the base of a baby’s tailbone at 16 weeks.
Olutoye co-led a team of 21 doctors, and the part of the fetus’ body where the tumor was attached was taken out of the uterus and as much mass as possible was removed.
This surgery was especially special because some other doctors had advised termination of the pregnancy due to the severity of the case.
Nigerian doctor performs surgery on an unborn baby
The unborn baby, named LynLee Hope was going into cardiac failure at 23 weeks necessitating the surgery.
It was at this time Dr Olutoye, who is a pediatric surgeon and co-director of Texas Children’s Fetal Center stepped in and offered a chance through surgery.
LynLee was delivered as a healthy baby 12 weeks after the fetal surgery through a cesarean operation when she was 36 weeks old.
The medical community was very impressed by Dr. Olutoye who also brought glory to Nigeria as a country.
After 8 days, she had another surgery carried out on her by Dr. Olutoye who removed smaller parts of the tumor that were inaccessible during the fetal operation.
Olutoye graduated from Obafemi Awolowo University in Ile-Ife, Nigeria, in 1988.
Then he received his Ph.D. in anatomy from Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia in 1996.
He is also a member of the International Fetal Medicine and Surgery Society and is a fellow of the Surgical Section of the American Academy of Pediatrics and American College of Surgeons.
He is also a fellow of the West African College of Surgeons.
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