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Nashville neurosurgeon Paul
R. McCombs, MD, FACS, assisted by Rex Arendall, MD, perform a craniectomy and
remove a benign tumor from the base of the brain of the patient,
Judith. The
surgery, at Centennial Medical Center, Nashville, TN, is hosted by
America’s Discovery Hospital physician Winnie King,
MD. The three-to-four-hour procedure begins with preparation of the patient for
surgery.
Did you know?
Craniectomy is a
surgical procedure in which the surgeon cuts into the cranium
(skull) to remove tissue.
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Paul R. McCombs III, MD
Rex Elbert H.
Arendall II, MD
Centennial Medical Center
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