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In November 2007, a video about Dede Koswara appeared on the Internet. His story was shared on the Discovery Channel and TLC series My Shocking Stories (Extraordinary People) in the episode "Half Man Half Tree". [2] In August 2008, an episode of ABC's Medical Mysteries, titled "Tree Man", was released, which was dedicated to Koswara's story. [3]
On August 12, 2008, Koswara's story was the subject of an ABC's Medical Mystery episode entitled "Tree Man". [18] On 26 August 2008, Koswara returned home following surgery to remove 6 kg (13 lb) of warts from his body. [19] The surgery consisted of three steps: Removal of the thick carpet of warts and massive horns on his hands
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Fibrous dysplasia is a rare congenital disease of the bone that often affects the cranial facial structures, Dr. Netanel Ben-Shalom, a nuerosurgeon, at Northwell Lenox Hill Hospital, tells TODAY.com.
He was convicted of murder in 1999 and was often portrayed in the media with the name of "Dr. Death". [ 3 ] In 1998, Kevorkian was arrested and tried for his role in the voluntary euthanasia of a man named Thomas Youk who had Lou Gehrig's disease, or ALS .
Prokar Dasgupta OBE FRCS is an Indian-born British surgeon and academic who is professor of surgery at the surgical academy at King's Health Partners, London, UK.Since 2002, he has been consultant urologist to Guy's Hospital, and in 2009 became the first professor of robotic surgery and urology at King's, and subsequently the chairman of the King's College-Vattikuti Institute of Robotic Surgery.
Sanjeev Das was born on 27 August 1976 to Wg Cdr P K Das (retd) and Gopa Das at Ajmer (Nasirabad Cantt), Rajasthan, India. [3] He earned his master's degree (MSc) from the University College of Science & Technology, University of Calcutta and continued his studies at the Indian Institute of Science from where he secured a PhD. [4]
All were performed by Harold Gillies, a New Zealand plastic surgeon, [5] who is sometimes referred to as "the father of modern plastic surgery." [6] It is possible this was the first top surgery performed. In the mid-1970s, Chicago surgeon Dr. Michael Brownstein (having graduated from UCSF) opened a plastic surgery practise in San Francisco. [7]