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Survivors[edit]

The section on people who have survived this is longer than the actual article. It also needs a cleanup. If nobody objects, I'll do it in the next week or so. Osakadave (talk) 21:24, 27 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Joseph Brodie[edit]

Does anyone have any actual information on Joseph Brodie? Someone added him to the list of internal decapitation survivors, but I can't find any definite answers to whether or not he actually was.

I'm assuming that this Joseph Brodie is the one the anonymous contributor meant, and in 1994 a Joseph R. Brodie was indeed in a skiing accident that "caused Joseph to suffer life-threatening injuries" -- but there's no mention of what kind of injuries, or if it's even the same Joseph Brodie.

So... more information needed. -- Erik Siers (talk) 00:54, 28 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Another case is Jessica Walberg, 21 years old and was in a car accident. Neck was fused from skull to c4 at St. Davids trauma center in round rock, TX and is not walking with a cane and talking.

Another survivor in Lakewood, Colorado. http://www.9news.com/story/news/local/2014/11/13/centennial-man-survives-rare-internal-decapitation/18968115/

New Addition To The Club[edit]

http://www.9news.com/story/news/local/2014/11/13/centennial-man-survives-rare-internal-decapitation/18968115/

Removal of list of survivors[edit]

I would suggest that this, contrary to news reports, the medical literature suggests that this is a very survivable injury, often without neurologic deficit - see PMID 20308946. As such, the list of survivors is neither notable, nor encyclopedia worth. I will remove, and if anyone is able to show evidence to the contrary in peer reviewed literature, than please reintroduce the list. Plumpy Humperdinkle (talk) 12:57, 31 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Link[edit]

I'm not even sure how to describe this, but...I searched on 'internal decapitation', and, although it linked to this article, what came up in the search window was 'internal decapacitation'. Dunno if there's any such thing, or, if so, what it is (a finance term?), it could certainly discourage or mislead a reader looking to come here. I have no idea how to fix it.Toyokuni3 (talk) 14:39, 30 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]