Doctors in Israel have done ‘wonders’ by re-attaching a boy’s head after he was hit by a car while riding his bicycle.
Mail Online of United Kingdom reported that the boy, Suleiman Hassan, 12, from West Bank suffered an internal decapitation when the top pf the spine and the base of the skull detached and the skin remained intact.
The intensive care team conducted an intensive and painstaking surgery which took several hours to re-attack the boy’s head.
Suleiman was riding his bicycle when he was involved in a road accident. He was immediately airlifted to Hadassah Ein Karem in Jerusalem for specialized treatment. The surgery was conducted in early days of June but the team of doctors waited for one month to let the world know what they had accomplished.
Reports indicts that 70 percent of the victims of internal decapitation die on the spot or on their way to hospital.
‘We fought for the boy’s life,’ Dr. Ohad Einav, one of the doctors who participated in the surgery told the Times of Israel.
According to experts, the surgery was made possible if major blood vessels are intact because blood flow to the brain must continue at all times.
Dr Einav said: ‘The procedure itself is very complicated and took several hours. While in the operating room, we used new plates and fixations in the damaged area.
‘Our ability to save the child was thanks to our knowledge and the most innovative technology in the operating room.’
Patients of this type of surgery go through rehabilitation to regain their neck movement. Suleiman has been discharged from hospital but the medical experts will continue to check on the progress his recovery.
Currently he has no motor dysfunction, neurological deficits or sensory dysfunction hence he can walk with any external help.
‘I will thank you all my life for saving my dear only son. Bless you all,’ Suleiman’s father said.
‘Thanks to you, he regained his life even when the odds were low and the danger was obvious. What saved him were professionalism, technology and quick decision-making by the trauma and orthopedics team. All I can say is a big thank you.’
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