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Doctor: Part of Roy's Skull Removed
Some graphic details have emerged about Roy Horn's battle for his life after one of his tigers mauled him two weeks ago.
Las Vegas neurosurgeon Lonnie Hammargren says that part of Roy's skull was removed to relieve pressure on his brain following the October 3 attack during a Siegfried & Roy performance at the Mirage hotel.
Hammargren did not perform the surgery, but said he spoke with Roy's doctor about the procedure, called a decompressive craniectomy.
"I've been told Roy's skull has been put in a pouch in his abdomen," Hammargren told the Las Vegas Review Journal.
It's common practice for the removed skull section to be stored in the abdomen, or else in a freezer until it can be replaced, he said.
The Siegfried & Roy-Mirage set was incensed by Hammargren's seemingly loquacious bedside manner.
"All of us at the hotel are deeply saddened and shocked that Dr. Hammargren would have speculated on Roy's care publicly," an MGM Mirage spokesman said, per the Associated Press. "It's a violation of Roy's privacy, a violation of [University Medical Center] policy, and it is clearly a violation of federal law, which was designed specifically to prevent this kind of irresponsible action."
Hammargren, formerly the lieutenant governor of Nevada, countered the Mirage's accusations, telling the Review Journal he only spoke out about Roy's condition to correct misinformation put out by the media.
A report in the New York Daily News Wednesday cited an unknown source claiming that Roy underwent a "radical procedure called a hemicraniectomy" on October 4.
"He didn't have that big of an operation," Hammargren told the Review Journal. "That means the whole side of his head would have been taken off. It has a very poor prognosis. Roy had half the size of a hemicraniectomy and it is not a radical operation."
Hammargren confirmed that Roy had suffered a stroke after the mauling, and remained paralyzed on the left side of his body.
"Paralysis can get better after, but he had a pretty big stroke," Hammargren said. "We just don't know yet. Fortunately, the stroke didn't hit on the side where he talks, thinks and remembers. He can still comprehend things and do things."
No word on when the skull will be reinserted in Roy's head. The illusionist remains in stable but critical condition at University Medical Center, with his favorite dog by his side.
Roy's partner of 44 years, Siegfried Fischbacher, has said that he will not perform again without Roy by his side.
"It's not in my makeup because this is Siegfried and Roy," he told CNN's Larry King. "Roy gave me always the strength, you know. Like I always say, Siegfried would be not enough and Roy is too much."
The mauling incident was the first injury suffered onstage by either Siegfried or Roy in more than 30,000 performances.
The duo's long-running show at the Mirage, which generated $44 million in annual revenue for the hotel, has permanently closed its doors after 13 years.
Montecore, the misbehaving white tiger, remains in the Secret Garden, his habitat at the Mirage, after it was determined that he does not have rabies.
Still in the works for Siegfried & Roy is an animated series called Father of the Pride featuring the magicians and their prized white cats; the series is due to debut on NBC next September.
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