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Archive Home > 2002 > March > 09 > Emergency surgery makes medical history

Emergency surgery makes medical history

Seven-year-old Michaele Castor can skip rope thanks to a pioneer procedure

By Melissa Bearns / The Bulletin
March 9, 2002

LA PINE " During the grueling 5-hour surgery Feb. 14 in which doctors attempted to repair her deformed heart, a blood clot traveled to Michaele Castor's brain causing a stroke. Because they had exhausted all other options, doctors performed an emergency surgery using a new technique "....

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