Doctor Saves 25-Year-Old by Freezing His Skull
Posted: Fri Aug 20, 2010 1:42 pm
Freezing Man’s Skull Saves his Life
After 25-year-old Kyle Johnson suffered a horrific longboard accident, his brain swelled so badly that doctors in Ogden, Utah had to remove parts of his skull in a procedure called a bilateral decompressive craniectomy to relieve the pressure.“Most neurosurgeons do a decompressive craniectomy on one side of the head, where the trauma was, Welling said. “In this case, Kyle had such a global brain injury that we needed to take both sides of his head off, and you just leave a small strip of bone right down the middle.
After Welling and his team removed Johnson’s fractured skull, they put it back together with micro-screws and plates. And then – they put it in the freezer.
Three weeks later, when the swelling went down, they thawed the skull fragments and replaced them in Johnson’s head. He regained consciousness after another week and is recovering.
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After 25-year-old Kyle Johnson suffered a horrific longboard accident, his brain swelled so badly that doctors in Ogden, Utah had to remove parts of his skull in a procedure called a bilateral decompressive craniectomy to relieve the pressure.“Most neurosurgeons do a decompressive craniectomy on one side of the head, where the trauma was, Welling said. “In this case, Kyle had such a global brain injury that we needed to take both sides of his head off, and you just leave a small strip of bone right down the middle.
After Welling and his team removed Johnson’s fractured skull, they put it back together with micro-screws and plates. And then – they put it in the freezer.
Three weeks later, when the swelling went down, they thawed the skull fragments and replaced them in Johnson’s head. He regained consciousness after another week and is recovering.
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