Miraculous Surgery: Doctors Successfully Reattach Boy's Head After Horrific Car Accident

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Source: New York Post
Miraculous Surgery: Doctors Successfully Reattach Boy's Head After Horrific Car Accident
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Surgeons in Israel successfully reattached a 12-year-old boy's head after he suffered an internal decapitation in a car accident. The surgery, which took several hours, involved using new plates and fixations in the damaged area. The boy's recovery is being hailed as a miracle, as his projected survival rate was only 50%. The surgery is extremely rare, especially on children and teens, and preserving blood flow to the brain was crucial in this case.

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