Fetal Surgery Saves Baby After Early Water Break – Womens Health and Medical Information on MedicineNet. When the mother’s fetal membranes burst during the 20th week of pregnancy , the unborn child’s chances of surviving birth were slim, said doctors at the Bonn University Clinic in Germany. Competent follow-up care of the children after birth is at least as important for their healthy survival,” Thomas Kohl, head of the German Center of Fetal Surgery & Minimally Invasive Therapy at Bonn University Clinic, said in a prepared statement. Browse Centers Allergies Alzheimer’s Arthritis Asthma Blood Pressure Cancer Cholesterol Chronic Pain Cold & Flu Depression Diabetes Dictionary Digestion Eyesight Health & Living Healthy Kids Hearing & Ear Heart HIV/AIDS Infectious Disease Lung Cond. Allergies | Arthritis | Cancer | Diabetes | Digestion | Healthy Kids | Heart | Men’s Health | Mental Health | Women’s Health | More. read more