Doctors in
Miami have successfully removed a spear accidentally shot through a
teenager's skull during a spearfishing trip.
Yasser Lopez, 16, was in serious condition Tuesday at Jackson Memorial Hospital's Ryder Trauma Center.
The spear gun accidentally
fired as it was being loaded. Lopez was hospitalized June 7 with 3 feet
of the spear protruding from his forehead.
Doctors say the spear
entered the teen's head 2 inches above his right eye and came out the
back of his skull. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue tools were used to cut the
spear so the teen could be X-rayed.
The rest of the spear was
removed in a three-hour surgery. Doctors told reporters Monday that the
spear missed all the main blood vessels in the brain. They said Lopez
doesn't remember the accident.
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