Jeddah, July 2, 2019,SPA-- Neurosurgeons at East Jeddah public Hospital have helped recently in saving the life of neonate suffered from frontal Encephalocele. The infant was under operation in his seventh day, the protrusions were removed, the deformity was corrected and the open skin was closed. The new born child was discharged after a week of recovery with no complications. Encephaloceles are rare birth defects in a neural tube characterized by partial lacking of bone fusion leaving a gap through which a portion of the brain protrudes, as defined to American National Organization of Rare Diseased (NORD). --SPA 13:06 LOCAL TIME 10:06 GMT 0011 www.spa.gov.sa/w1129766