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Malala Yousafzai: Queen Elizabeth Hospital surgery to repair skull | Malala Yousafzai: Queen Elizabeth Hospital surgery to repair skull |
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Doctors have revealed how they are going to repair a missing area of the skull of Pakistani schoolgirl activist Malala Yousafzai. | Doctors have revealed how they are going to repair a missing area of the skull of Pakistani schoolgirl activist Malala Yousafzai. |
Surgeons at Birmingham's Queen Elizabeth Hospital have been giving details about two procedures due to be carried out on the 15-year-old. | Surgeons at Birmingham's Queen Elizabeth Hospital have been giving details about two procedures due to be carried out on the 15-year-old. |
Malala was discharged from the hospital earlier this month after being shot in the head by the Taliban in October. | |
The hospital said the surgery would take place in the next 10 days. | |
The first procedure will involve drilling into her skull and inserting a custom-made metal plate. | The first procedure will involve drilling into her skull and inserting a custom-made metal plate. |
Doctors said Malala had been left completely deaf in her left ear when she was shot at point-blank range. | |
'Remarkable recovery' | 'Remarkable recovery' |
The shockwave destroyed her eardrum and the bones for hearing. | The shockwave destroyed her eardrum and the bones for hearing. |
The second procedure will involve fitting a small electronic device that provides a sense of sound to someone who is profoundly deaf or severely hard of hearing. | The second procedure will involve fitting a small electronic device that provides a sense of sound to someone who is profoundly deaf or severely hard of hearing. |
Dr Dave Rosser, medical director at the QEHB, said: "Her recovery is remarkable and it's a testament to her strength and desire to get better. | Dr Dave Rosser, medical director at the QEHB, said: "Her recovery is remarkable and it's a testament to her strength and desire to get better. |
"There is no doubt that the surgery she underwent in Pakistan was life saving. | "There is no doubt that the surgery she underwent in Pakistan was life saving. |
"Had that surgery not been of such a high standard she would have died." | "Had that surgery not been of such a high standard she would have died." |
He added each procedure should take about 90 minutes and her full recovery could take another 15 to 18 months. | |
Dr Rosser said the missing part of Malala's skull had been put in her abdomen by surgeons in Pakistan, in order to "keep the bone alive". | |
Doctors in Birmingham have chosen to use a metal plate to repair her skull instead of that bone, which they say may have shrunk. | |
Dr Rosser added this was common practice worldwide to keep the bone healthy. | |
He said: "Malala currently has no skull, she only has skin covering the brain." | |
'Unique' hospital | |
Malala has asked to keep the bone once it has been removed, said Dr Rosser. | |
The QEHB is home to the Royal Centre for Defence Medicine where members of the armed service who have been injured overseas are treated. | |
Dr Rosser said the hospital was "unique" because all the treatment Malala required could be done within the same organisation. | |
Stefan Edmondson, principal maxillofacial prosthetist, at the QEHB said: "What we're doing here could be done elsewhere but because we're such a large super-regional unit with a large neurological unit we see a lot more advanced cranial defects. | |
"We're fortunate in that aspect to see a lot more complicated cases and [it means] we have the software here." | |
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Malala came to prominence when, as an 11-year-old, she wrote a diary for BBC Urdu, giving an account of how her school in Mingora town dealt with the Taliban's 2009 edict to close girls' schools. | Malala came to prominence when, as an 11-year-old, she wrote a diary for BBC Urdu, giving an account of how her school in Mingora town dealt with the Taliban's 2009 edict to close girls' schools. |
Her love for education, and her courage in standing up to the Taliban, earned her a national peace award in 2011. | Her love for education, and her courage in standing up to the Taliban, earned her a national peace award in 2011. |
Tens of thousands of people have signed a petition calling for Malala to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. | Tens of thousands of people have signed a petition calling for Malala to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. |
The Pakistan government has given Malala's father, Ziaududdin Yousafzai, a job in Birmingham as the education attache at the Consulate of Pakistan for at least three years. | The Pakistan government has given Malala's father, Ziaududdin Yousafzai, a job in Birmingham as the education attache at the Consulate of Pakistan for at least three years. |