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Hadassah Surgeons Reattach Boy's Head to his Neck after Internal Decapitation
(Times of Israel) Renee Ghert-Zand - In an extremely rare and complex operation, Hadassah Medical Center surgeons have reattached a 12-year-old boy's head to his neck after a serious accident in which he was hit by a car while riding his bicycle, the Jerusalem hospital announced on Wednesday. Suleiman Hassan, a Palestinian from the West Bank, was airlifted to Hadassah Hospital's trauma unit in Ein Kerem, where it was determined that the ligaments holding the posterior base of his skull were severely damaged, leaving it detached from the top vertebrae of his spine. The condition, bilateral atlanto occipital joint dislocation, is commonly known as internal or orthopedic decapitation. "We fought for the boy's life," said Dr. Ohad Einav, the orthopedic specialist who operated on the patient together with Dr. Ziv Asa and a large operating room and intensive care team. The surgery was carried out in early June.