Complex pleuroplasia surgery saved the lungs and heart of unborn child in the womb. 

Chile is the first country in Latin America and the second country worldwide to have performed a complex intrauterine surgery known as “pleuroplasia.”

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Benjamin Schneider

Benjamin recently graduated from Tufts University with a degree in Spanish and international relations with a focus on Latin America. Bitten early by the travel bug, he’s spent time in China, Israel, Spain, and El Salvador, as well as Chile, where he spent his junior year of college studying at the Universidad de Chile. He began working with the Santiago Times while in Chile and now contributes from abroad as a “distance” writer with an additional year of experience under his belt.

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