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varelse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-15-09 08:15 PM
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Minus one for the "doctors are only in it for the money" meme
43 hours of "ex vivo" surgery to successfully remove an "inoperable" tumor of the liver.

In Surgery, a Tangled Tumor Meets Its Match

“The great surgeon invents an operation that only he can do, and the truly great surgeon invents an operation that everyone can do.”
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rfranklin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-15-09 08:21 PM
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1. He did this for free?
What a great guy!
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varelse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-15-09 08:57 PM
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2. According to the article, this type of surgery costs 300k
I don't know how much of that goes to the surgeon, though.

It's apparent from reading the article that this man is doing something he loves to do, and that he is very happy to have helped the 59-year old patient have a few more years with his family and grandkids.
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