MRHarville t1_jacyi9z wrote on February 28, 2023 at 3:27 PM

Reply to comment by terbanator in Incredibly well-performed skull deformity reconstruction by HealerMD

Actually, I believe the original injury was received during a suicide attempt, shotgun under the chin as I recall.

Goodleboodle t1_jad143w wrote on February 28, 2023 at 3:44 PM

A shotgun under the chin that removes that much skull at the top head is either blowing off a good portion of the face with it or killing the victim... Or both. That definitely looks surgical.

MRHarville t1_jad20g9 wrote on February 28, 2023 at 3:50 PM

I seem to remember seeing this individual on one of those 'you won't believe this shit' clickbait TV shows in the 90's or 00's.
As I recall it was a small gauge deer slug, like a .410 and while the brain damage was significant the individual did survive (obviously) and made a fairly decent recovery. As I recall the wound track was smaller than my thumb and travelled almost perfectly between the two frontal lobes.
But to respond to your observation the deformity is most likely caused by the surgical removal of the very badly damaged frontal bone. Most likely this was done to prevent infection or further complications from leaving the shattered bone in place.

Goodleboodle t1_jad44zh wrote on February 28, 2023 at 4:04 PM

That is insane. I was thinking maybe if it was a failed side of the head shot that could have happened. Crazy to think a shotgun slug could travel through that much brain and not kill a person.