Internal decapitation
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Internal decapitation, atlantooccipital dislocation, describes the rare process by which the skull separates from the spinal column during severe head injury. This injury is nearly always fatal, since it usually involves nerve damage or severance of the spinal cord.Hanging relies on allowing the subject to break their neck under their own weight.In January 2007, a Lincoln, Nebraska woman survived the injury, as there was little nervous system damage. In July 2007 an 11-year-old boy in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan also survived with a hospital stay of only two and a half weeks.
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