Surgery For Saving Babies From 'Water On The Brain' Developed in Uganda
It's a new way to treat hydrocephalus. A study show it could save thousands of lives – in poor countries like Uganda and in rich countries, too.
by Michaeleen Doucleff
Dec 20, 2017
3 minutes
It's not everyday that surgeons develop a new brain surgery that could save tens of thousands of babies, even a hundred thousand each year. And it's definitely not everyday that the surgery was developed in Uganda, for babies born in poor countries.
But that's exactly what neurosurgeons from Boston and Mbale, Uganda, report Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine.
The treatment is for a scary condition in the brain."
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