Surgeons reattach boy’s head after he was “internally decapitated” by motorist while cycling Doctors in Israel say 12-year-old Suleiman Hassan’s head had “almost completely detached from the base of his neck” in the collision cycling
Surgeons at a Jerusalem hospital successfully managed to reattach a young cyclist’s head to his neck, after the 12-year-old suffered an “internal decapitation” when he was hit by a motorist while riding his bike.
The injury, commonly known as internal or orthopaedic decapitation, is extremely rare, while survival rates are low. A 2021 study into the injury in children and adolescents found that 55 percent of sufferers do not survive the initial impact, transport to hospital, surgery, or recovery.12-year-old Suleiman underwent several hours of highly complex surgery in early June, with doctors fusing the base of his skull to the spinal column, using screws, rods, plates, and potentially bone grafts.
“The fact that such a child has no neurological deficits or sensory or motor dysfunction, and that he is functioning normally and walking without an aid after such a long process, is no small thing.” Following the successful surgery, Suleiman’s father told the hospital’s medical staff: “I will thank you all my life for saving my dear only son. Bless you all. Thanks to you he regained his life even when the odds were low and the danger was obvious.
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