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Can fetuses heal?

I was thinking about this today, and I legitimately have no idea. If there was a fetus in a womb, and a doctor scraped part of it's skin with a knife/scapel, would said fetus heal, or would it grow with a skin defect in that area?
gpt
They can heal. Fetal surgery is actually performed to treat a birth defects before birth. After the surgery the fetus continues to develop and heal from the procedure until it is delivered as close to full term as possible.