Cassian Joubert goes home after rare prenatal surgery and NICU stay
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Updated · The Guardian · May 6
Cassian Joubert goes home after rare prenatal surgery and NICU stay
6 articles · Updated · The Guardian · May 6
The Florida baby left Orlando Health’s Winnie Palmer hospital before Christmas after 4 months and 9 days in intensive care, following a June 2025 operation at 25 weeks’ gestation.
Doctors first tried an in-utero laser procedure for his congenital high airway obstruction syndrome, then partially delivered him so specialists could create an airway before returning him to the womb.
Cassian, born weighing 3lb, still needs a ventilator and further procedures, while surgeon Emanuel Vlastos plans to present the case in Japan after calling the homecoming its defining success.
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