HEAD CASE: Surgeons Reattach Boy’s Skull To His Spine After Bike Crash Left Him Internally Decapitated

Photo shows Suleiman Hassan, a 12-year-old Arab boy from the West Bank, with doctors, undated. His head was internally severed from his neck after he was hit by a car while cycling in June 2023. Note: Picture is private (@hadassah_medical_center/Newsflash) Photo shows Suleiman Hassan, a 12-year-old Arab boy from the West Bank, with doctors, undated. His head was internally severed from his neck after he was hit by a car while cycling in June 2023. Note: Picture is private (@hadassah_medical_center/Newsflash)
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06 July 2023
Surgeons successfully reattached a boy's skull to his spine after a bike crash left him internally decapitated in a serious and rare injury known as a bilateral atlanto-occipital dislocation. It occurs when the ligaments in the spinal column are separated from the base of the skull, and in...