[2] He came to widespread public notice for a life-saving surgery he performed using improvised equipment on a British Airways flight in 1995, and for treating Wayne Rooney before the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
[5] While British Airways Flight 032 from Hong Kong to London was still on the ground, Wallace and Wong briefly examined a fellow passenger complaining of arm pains.
[6] It emerged that she had not merely fallen from a bicycle but had been flung to the ground while riding on a motorcycle that collided with a car; Wallace suspected she had previously concealed the extent of her injuries so as to avoid being taken off the flight.
[7] Upon further examination, Wallace and Wong discovered that in addition to arm and rib fractures, the passenger had developed a tension pneumothorax due to a puncture in her left lung, and realised that she might die if the pressure in her pleural cavity went unrelieved.
[6] The whole surgery lasted about ten minutes; the doctors successfully released the trapped air from the patient's chest, and she spent the rest of the flight uneventfully eating and watching in-flight movies.
[12] He treated a number of famous athletes, including Wayne Rooney, who had been referred to him by England national football team doctor Leif Swärd, earlier a medical school classmate of his.