Fishfan79 Posted December 8, 2006 Share Posted December 8, 2006 7 December 2006 THE BOY WHO SURVIVED DECAPITATION Crash rips Chris's head from neck By Richard Smith A BOY of 12 stunned doctors by cheating death after his head was ripped from his neck in a car crash. Chris Stewart, a junior racing driver, suffered "internal decapitation" - which kills most people - when his 1000cc Mini slammed into a crash barrier at 50mph after a tyre burst during a children's race. The impact of the crash wrenched his skull from the top of his spine. Surgeons performed ground-breaking surgery - called occipital-cervical fusion - using metal plates and bone grafts from Chris's hip to re-attach his head to the top vertebrae of his spine. After six hours on the operating table and 19 days in intensive care - where he was kept in coma to stop him making any potentially fatal movements - Chris's life was saved. Now two months after the crash in Alton, Hants, he is walking, swimming and cycling again - and desperate to get back behind the wheel of a car. Mum Debra, 41, a financial adviser, said yesterday: "It is nothing short of a miracle. "At first we did not have any idea if he would even survive, let alone what state he would be in." Chris from Fareham, Hants, said: "I wasn't scared when the accident happened but I couldn't move anything - I was quite annoyed." Spinal expert Evan Davies, who operated on Chris at Southampton General, phoned experts around the world before he began surgery. He said: "An injury where all the ligaments attaching the head on to the neck were ruptured, historically, was a coroner's injury - they were non-survivable. It's incredible he made it." Only 16 other cases in children have been recorded. Eleven died, one is a quadraplegic and three left partially-paralysed. Just one recovered fully. http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/tm_headline=t...-name_page.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beinfest4Prez Posted December 8, 2006 Share Posted December 8, 2006 Wow. :o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldSand Posted December 9, 2006 Share Posted December 9, 2006 The title had me believe his head came off completely. Still amazing story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junior Posted December 9, 2006 Share Posted December 9, 2006 Wow, that a boy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bradcore Posted December 9, 2006 Share Posted December 9, 2006 Holy Crap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mazmarlins Posted December 9, 2006 Share Posted December 9, 2006 That is unbelievable.....he is one amazingly lucky boy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley Posted December 9, 2006 Share Posted December 9, 2006 Wow. That's crazy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yenta Posted December 13, 2006 Share Posted December 13, 2006 This only happens to Bruce Willis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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