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Posted by =?ISO-8859-1?Q?=80?= on June 30, 2009, 9:53 am
Man's skull put back together
http://www.bakersfield.com/news/local/x1216781862/Mans-skull-put-back-together
Lee Lyle beamed Monday as his surgeon explained that Lyle was doing
fine three days after a piece of his skull was removed from his
stomach and put back in his head.
"The surgery went completely complication free. It went exactly as
expected," said Dr. Vipul Dev, a plastic reconstruction surgeon and
medical director of Bakersfield Memorial Hospital's Center for Wound
Care & Hyperbarics.
Lyle suffered a brain injury last year after his motorcycle was hit by
a truck that fled the scene after the accident. He was wearing a
helmet, but his brain was bleeding and swelling after he flew head-
first into a curb.
Doctors at Kern Medical Center removed part of Lyle's skull to deal
with the swelling, and inserted the bone in his abdomen to preserve it
while Lyle's head healed. Nestled in abdominal fat, the bone could
continue to get a blood supply and was protected from infection.
The plan was to retrieve the bone after Lyle healed, but he didn't
have insurance, and Kern Medical Center declined to complete the
process barring some form of payment.
Kern Medical Center would have been happy to assist Lyle "a long time
ago" if he had applied for MediCal, but he refused, said KMC Chief
Executive Officer Paul Hensler.
"We can't give away care to everyone just because we're a county
hospital," Hensler said. "We have an obligation to taxpayers to see if
patients have other coverage."
Lyle said he applied for MediCal, as well as Social Security, but was
turned down for both.
In the year since the accident, Lyle said he's been unable to work. He
said his concave head was too great a liability for employers, who
feared what would happen if he bumped the portion of his brain
protected only by skin.
On Friday, Bakersfield Memorial Hospital did the surgery for free. It
would have cost at least $50,000 if he had paid for it.
"We are a faith-based hospital, and this is part of our mission,"
Bakersfield Memorial Chief Executive Officer Jon Van Boening said at a
press conference Monday. Lyle, who had come in for a check-up, was at
his side.
Lyle patted his heavily bandaged head, thanked the hospital profusely
and announced, "Humpty Dumpty is put back together again."
Nearby, his daughter-in-law, Tabitha Lyle, smiled and wept.
"It's so nice to have him home with a nice, round head up there," she
said, lips trembling.
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Posted by Hipupchuck on June 30, 2009, 11:54 am
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> Man's skull put back together
>
> http://www.bakersfield.com/news/local/x1216781862/Mans-skull-put-back-together
>
> Lee Lyle beamed Monday as his surgeon explained that Lyle was doing
> fine three days after a piece of his skull was removed from his
> stomach and put back in his head.
>
> "The surgery went completely complication free. It went exactly as
> expected," said Dr. Vipul Dev, a plastic reconstruction surgeon and
> medical director of Bakersfield Memorial Hospital's Center for Wound
> Care & Hyperbarics.
>
> Lyle suffered a brain injury last year after his motorcycle was hit by
> a truck that fled the scene after the accident. He was wearing a
> helmet, but his brain was bleeding and swelling after he flew head-
> first into a curb.
>
> Doctors at Kern Medical Center removed part of Lyle's skull to deal
> with the swelling, and inserted the bone in his abdomen to preserve it
> while Lyle's head healed. Nestled in abdominal fat, the bone could
> continue to get a blood supply and was protected from infection.
>
> The plan was to retrieve the bone after Lyle healed, but he didn't
> have insurance, and Kern Medical Center declined to complete the
> process barring some form of payment.
>
> Kern Medical Center would have been happy to assist Lyle "a long time
> ago" if he had applied for MediCal, but he refused, said KMC Chief
> Executive Officer Paul Hensler.
>
> "We can't give away care to everyone just because we're a county
> hospital," Hensler said. "We have an obligation to taxpayers to see if
> patients have other coverage."
>
> Lyle said he applied for MediCal, as well as Social Security, but was
> turned down for both.
>
> In the year since the accident, Lyle said he's been unable to work. He
> said his concave head was too great a liability for employers, who
> feared what would happen if he bumped the portion of his brain
> protected only by skin.
>
> On Friday, Bakersfield Memorial Hospital did the surgery for free. It
> would have cost at least $50,000 if he had paid for it.
>
> "We are a faith-based hospital, and this is part of our mission,"
> Bakersfield Memorial Chief Executive Officer Jon Van Boening said at a
> press conference Monday. Lyle, who had come in for a check-up, was at
> his side.
>
> Lyle patted his heavily bandaged head, thanked the hospital profusely
> and announced, "Humpty Dumpty is put back together again."
>
> Nearby, his daughter-in-law, Tabitha Lyle, smiled and wept.
>
> "It's so nice to have him home with a nice, round head up there," she
> said, lips trembling.
>
Next time don't wear a helmet and save on medical expenses.
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>
> http://www.bakersfield.com/news/local/x1216781862/Mans-skull-put-back-together
>
> Lee Lyle beamed Monday as his surgeon explained that Lyle was doing
> fine three days after a piece of his skull was removed from his
> stomach and put back in his head.
>
> "The surgery went completely complication free. It went exactly as
> expected," said Dr. Vipul Dev, a plastic reconstruction surgeon and
> medical director of Bakersfield Memorial Hospital's Center for Wound
> Care & Hyperbarics.
>
> Lyle suffered a brain injury last year after his motorcycle was hit by
> a truck that fled the scene after the accident. He was wearing a
> helmet, but his brain was bleeding and swelling after he flew head-
> first into a curb.
>
> Doctors at Kern Medical Center removed part of Lyle's skull to deal
> with the swelling, and inserted the bone in his abdomen to preserve it
> while Lyle's head healed. Nestled in abdominal fat, the bone could
> continue to get a blood supply and was protected from infection.
>
> The plan was to retrieve the bone after Lyle healed, but he didn't
> have insurance, and Kern Medical Center declined to complete the
> process barring some form of payment.
>
> Kern Medical Center would have been happy to assist Lyle "a long time
> ago" if he had applied for MediCal, but he refused, said KMC Chief
> Executive Officer Paul Hensler.
>
> "We can't give away care to everyone just because we're a county
> hospital," Hensler said. "We have an obligation to taxpayers to see if
> patients have other coverage."
>
> Lyle said he applied for MediCal, as well as Social Security, but was
> turned down for both.
>
> In the year since the accident, Lyle said he's been unable to work. He
> said his concave head was too great a liability for employers, who
> feared what would happen if he bumped the portion of his brain
> protected only by skin.
>
> On Friday, Bakersfield Memorial Hospital did the surgery for free. It
> would have cost at least $50,000 if he had paid for it.
>
> "We are a faith-based hospital, and this is part of our mission,"
> Bakersfield Memorial Chief Executive Officer Jon Van Boening said at a
> press conference Monday. Lyle, who had come in for a check-up, was at
> his side.
>
> Lyle patted his heavily bandaged head, thanked the hospital profusely
> and announced, "Humpty Dumpty is put back together again."
>
> Nearby, his daughter-in-law, Tabitha Lyle, smiled and wept.
>
> "It's so nice to have him home with a nice, round head up there," she
> said, lips trembling.
>