More surgery for baby with rare skull defect

Klerksdorp - A North West baby boy, who underwent surgery in August to repair a rare brain defect, will have to again go under the knife to have his skull repaired. This is according to the Head of Neurosurgery at Tshepong Hospital in Klerksdorp, Tharun Krushna, who operated on Goitsemodimo Smith.

Krushna says the baby was born with a small head and part of the brain protruding. Encephalocele, sometimes known as cranium bifidum, is a rare deformity that Krushna says affects 1 in 30 000 African and Asian children. - Olebogeng Motse