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Wednesday, 2 November 2011

Jigsaw man Docs fix skull that was shattered into 30 pieces

A STUDENT left for dead by a hit and run driver recovered after surgeons rebuilt his skull — that was shattered into 30 PIECES.

They painstakingly re-assembled the fragments of bone and fitted nine titanium plates with 33 screws to fuse Jack Martindale's head together.

Leading surgeon Simon Holmes last night described the five-hour operation as "a bit of a jigsaw puzzle".

Amazingly, Jack, 22, is now back at university, despite brain damage.   More

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