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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Lauren Gilmour

Girl thanks medics after life-saving surgery saw part of skull stored in stomach

A teenager whose life was saved through pioneering surgery which involved part of her skull being removed and stored in her stomach has thanked staff at a children’s hospital.

Chelsey Smith, from Newarthill in North Lanarkshire, was left with life-threatening injuries after a road accident in February 2022 when she was 15.

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