Children's Cranofacial Surgery

[Lordbenny]

That was Unbeleiveable

I have nothing but TOTAL admiration for the doctors and staff....and parents involved in the making of this programme.

http://www.tvguide.co.uk/detail.asp?id=93129203

Edited by Lordbenny on Monday 16th May 21:35

[MikeyT]

I keep missinfg this on a Monday - I did see what must have been a rerun on a Thursday night the other week - those bloke are one bunch of clever buggers - pay them £100,000 a week - fine with that, not footblers!

[Lordbenny]

MikeyT said:

I keep missinfg this on a Monday - I did see what must have been a rerun on a Thursday night the other week - those bloke are one bunch of clever buggers - pay them £100,000 a week - fine with that, not footblers!

Doctor - 'we'll cut out his old forehead, take a piece of bone from the top of his skull then piece the old forehead around it like a jigsaw to make a new forehead!'

Admittedly I had to watch some of it through my fingers, especially when they 'literally' peeled the little guys face off!

[MikeyT]

The one I saw had the girl who was missing a lot of skull at the back and had virtuakly just skin there and also the young lad - he has only 1 or so - who had been referred from Ireland. He was born with a serious condition - and his whole head was misshapen - forcing his brain back down his neck - and creating lots of pressure which may have caused him to go blind.

These guys just cut him from ear to ear on top and then rolled back the skin, cut the skull away and *remade* it so giving his brain room to 'move and grow' where it should have been ...

Stirring stuff. But they just seem so down to earth and matter of fact. I managed to drill out a snapped bolt on the car the other week and I thought I was a genius ... what these guys do is seriously good ...

[Slinky]

There was a very short discussion last week, http://www.pistonheads.com/xforums/topic.asp?h=0&a...

Awesome guys, awesome skill.. From someone who has experienced it very closely..