Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The term fetal surgery refers to in utero surgical interventions performed on fetuses in order to treat birth defects. Open fetal surgery and minimally invasive surgery are the two types of the medical procedures performed in the relatively new and developing field of maternal-fetal medicine, curing diseases that would be incurable after birth. Learn more about fetal surgery in this book.