Also known as: SCT - tumor at base of fetal spine
A large tumor on the fetus' tailbone that has grown to half the size of the fetus, monopolizing blood supply and weakening the fetal heart. The team performs complex fetal surgery to remove it while the mother is on cardiac bypass.
Also known as: APS
A clotting disorder that makes the pregnant patient extremely high-risk for surgery, causing a heart attack during the first surgical attempt. The team develops a solution using cardiac bypass to stop her heart during the second surgery.
Also known as: Heart attack
The patient suffers a heart attack during the first attempt at fetal surgery due to a blood clot blocking a coronary artery, forcing the team to abort the procedure and develop a new surgical approach.
A large abscess pressing on the pudendal nerve causing extreme pain disproportionate to visible injury. Initially thought to be a simple boil, it requires surgical drainage and reveals an underlying fibroid tumor.
Also known as: Fibroid tumor
A fibroid tumor wrapped around the pudendal nerve discovered beneath the abscess. Shaun develops an innovative nerve grafting technique using the femoral cutaneous nerve to preserve genital sensation after tumor removal.
Also known as: Chlamydia
An untreated chlamydia infection identified as the underlying cause of the patient's Bartholin gland abscess.