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Dates: during 1966-1966
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...severe seizure last November confronted the Goes with an agonizing decision: Should Coe have a hemispherectomy? "I never recommend this operation," says Neurosurgeon Charles W. Burklund. "It can only be done on a select few patients. Then, because of the risk, the final decision must be theirs." Says Mrs. Coe: "He didn't want to be a burden and lie in a coma for months." So they agreed that he should have the operation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Neurosurgery: Life with Half a Brain | 8/5/1966 | See Source »

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