// BBC UK NEWS — CRONACA
World-first surgery for baby's rare skull condition
Rory's mother said: "He's just like every little boy and hitting milestones"
A "happy and cheeky" baby boy with a rare skull condition is doing well a year after becoming the first in the world to be given a new type of treatment.
One-year-old Rory Potter, from Chesterfield in Derbyshire, was diagnosed with severe sagittal craniosynostosis, external - a condition where the skull fuses before birth - shortly after he was born in April last year.
He underwent surgery in September to have "super elastic" springs inserted, which gradually reshaped his skull before being removed.
His mother Jo Potter said: "You wouldn't know what he's been through."
Rory's mother Jo said "he will have a great story to tell when he's older"
The 36-year-old described him as "happy, cheeky and full of energy".
"He's just like every little boy and hitting milestones and he will have a great story to tell when he's older."
She added that she and her husband Harry "cannot thank the team enough for the care, compassion and reassurance".
"Not to mention their dedication to medical science to support and help children thrive.