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When Smith was brought into Eden Hospital in nearby Castro Valley, Dr. Stephen Landreth, 37, an orthopedic surgeon, prepared for a standard amputation. Then he had a thought: "This is too good a leg to throw away." He got on the telephone to Dr. Alan Gathright, 38, a vascular surgeon, 20 miles away in Oakland. Asked Dr. Landreth: "You want to try for a miracle?" Gathright did, and he sped to the hospital...
...moment, it appeared that the heroic effort would fail. The leg went pale and lost its pulse. Dr. Gathright cut right back into the artery and removed a clot. Then an assistant pumped in an anticoagulant. There were no more clots...
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