article_snippet.sent: A little boy has undergone more than 50 operations to have A little boy entire face painstakingly rebuilt.
article_snippet.sent: A little boy endured a series of major operations to correct the deformities – which included a procedure to crack open and reshape A little boy skull and another to rebuild A little boy features.
article_snippet.sent: A little boy also had a titanium frame drilled into A little boy head, which was left there for nine weeks.
article_snippet.sent: The skull is prematurely fused and unable to grow normally.
article_snippet.sent: The mid-face - the area from the middle of the eye socket to the upper jaw - appears sunken.
article_snippet.sent: Early surgery can relieve the pressure that builds up inside The skull as the brain grows.
article_snippet.sent: And operations can be carried out to re-model a child's face.
article_snippet.sent: They also inserted two pins – each three inches long – into his whole head.
article_snippet.sent: For six months, two pins were turned twice a day to create more room inside his whole head to relieve pressure on his brain.
article_snippet.sent: a red frame attached through a series of wires and bolts was left in place for nine weeks to encourage the bone to grow, as well as pull the existing facial bones forward.
article_snippet.sent: the existing facial bones were moved forward a millimeter a day by turning the screws on the frame, a process which allows new bone to grow and then to consolidate.
highlights_snippet.sent: Youngster has endured a series of major operations to correct deformities .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Surgeons cracked open Youngster skull before piecing his skull back together again .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Seven-year-old had a titanium frame drilled into his skull for nine weeks .