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Giffords Recovery / Surgery #993864

ABC Evening News for Wednesday, May 18, 2011
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(Studio: Diane Sawyer) Report introduced.

(Studio: Bob Woodruff) Skull surgery for shooting victim Representative Gabrielle Giffords while her husband Mark Kelly flies the space shuttle Endeavour to the International Space Station reviewed; details given about her brain condition and cranioplasty surgery. [Vanderbilt chief of neurosurgery Reid THOMPSON†- describes this quick skull surgery, how it helps her recovery and the procedure's timing.] The reporter's own similar surgery in 2006 recalled and shown. [In 2006, Bethesda Naval neurosurgeon Rocco ARMONDA†- talks about how the surgery helps the improvement of brain patients.] The surgery {with plastic skull for demonstration} and the reporter's reaction discussed.

Reporter(s):
Sawyer, Diane;
Woodruff, Bob
Duration:
00:03:00

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