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British Man Survives After His Head Got Ripped Off from Spine in Car Accident

by Bidita Debnath on May 24 2015 11:00 PM

 British Man Survives After His Head Got Ripped Off from Spine in Car Accident
A British man who had his head ripped off from his spine in a car crash has survived, reveals a media report.
Indian-origin neuro-surgeon Anant Kamat re-attached Tony Cowan's skull to his spine with a metal plate and bolts in a rare operation. Now, Cowan hopes to go home soon, Mirror online reported.

Tony Cowan from Newcastle city met with an accident on September 9 last year, when his car hit a speed-bump, spun out of control and wrapped around a telephone pole.

His heart stopped and he had to be resuscitated by paramedics at the scene before being rushed to a hospital. Cowan sustained a fracture in his neck and complete spinal cord injury -- an injury medics describe as almost "unsurvivable".

He was not brain-damaged even though his head was snapped off from his spine and it was only being held in place by tissue and muscle at the time of crash.

Source-IANS


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