Roanoke Times Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc. DATE: WEDNESDAY, June 13, 1990 TAG: 9006130539 SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL PAGE: A-7 EDITION: EVENING SOURCE: DATELINE: SAN FRANCISCO LENGTH: Short
A team of five surgeons worked with high-powered microscopes to replace the woman's entire scalp, small blood vessels and other tissues torn from her head last week in a vineyard accident in Napa Valley.
The 33-year-old vineyard manager, whose family asked that her name not be released, was working in the field at Domaine Chandon on June 4 when her hair caught in the rotor of a sprayer crankshaft, the hospital said Tuesday.
Her co-workers had enough presence of mind to preserve the scalp.
-Associated Press
by CNB