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Brain. if i were to take off the brain and the skull, you see is brain underneath, between the brain and the skull theres a space, thats where himatoma can accumulate. >> how does that affect the function to have brain? >> couple different types, acute, people in severe accidents, motor vehicle accidents or collusion, acute collection of blood that rapidly expands, cause somebody into a coma or kill them, what mr. trebek suffered from, hit their head on something that you and i couldnt think of,...

Sanjay, you perform these surgeries every week. you did a demonstration of how much of her skull had to be originally removed to save her life. i want to take a quick look at that. >> one thing to keep in mind, the brain, unlike other organs of the body, if it starts to swell, its got nowhere to go. it can only go downwards and thats called a herniation. the second part is to connect these holes. this is the last cut now were making. one of the things thats really important is when you take this...

Look at that. >> one thing to keep in mind, the brain, unlike other organs in the body, if it starts to swell, its really got nowhere to go. it can only go downwards. and thats whats called a herniation. and the second part is simply to try and connect these holes. this is the last cut now were making. one of the things thats really important is when you take this bone out you want to make sure that youre protecting the brain underneath. let me go ahead and lift that bone right out of there. and...

Recovery of congresswoman gabrielle giffords. she was shot in the head at a constituent meeting in arizona back in january. severely wounded, six people were killed in that attack. today, giffords underwent surgery to replace a piece of her skull that doctors removed because of brain swelling. a hospital says shes doing well tonight. i spoke to dr. sanjay gupta about the procedure a short time ago. sanjay, you perform these surgeries every week. you did a demonstration of how much of her skull h...

These holes. this is the last cut now were making. one of the things thats really important is when you take this bone out, you want to make sure that youre protecting the brain underneath. go ahead and lift that bone right out of there. this is the area where the brain is allowed to swell now. >> so for four months shes been living and traveling with that much of her head removed? >> yeah. surprisingly to a lot of people, this is not that uncommon. let me just show you again. you just saw that ...

telling affiliate ktla the plane was being operated by a contractor called omega. it crashed on an aborted takeoff. there are skid marks nearby. we dont know went wrong or if weather played a role. there are high winds in the area right now. we know the crew of three managed to escape with minor injuries. well bring your more details as we learn more throughout the hour. now tonight, we begin keeping them honest, with a statement so outrageous it would be laughable except it concerns...

good evening. we begin with breaking news. pictures just coming in from the west coast. a military jet engulfed in flames at the end of a runway at point mugu naval air station. thats just up the coast from los angeles, south of santa barbara. the plane is a military version of the old boeing 707. a public information officer telling affiliate ktla the plane was being operated by a contractor called omega. according to the affiliate kabc, it crashed on what appears to be an aborted tak...

there are very high winds in the area right now. we do know the crew of three managed to escape with just minor injuries. were of course going to bring you more details of this as we learn more throughout this hour. now tonight, we begin keeping them honest, with a statement so outrageous it would be laughable except it concerns and tries to gloss over systematic killings by the regime in syria. much of those -- many of those killings caught on camera. syrias dictator, bashar al assa...

Giving access to the brain here and one over here which is just behind the eye. this is a pretty classic place where you make a hole and try to remove a large chunk of bone. thats the first part. and the second part is simply to try and connect the holes. you want to get as much bone off here as possible so that the brain has the maximum area to sort of swell. the drill is getting nice and hot. it looks a little bit barbaric, but the key is to protect the brain underneath as well. and this is th...

she still has a us. >> 11 others also shot today, six people are dead. the victims were stuck behind the table set up for this event. so they were sitting ducks. >> investigators have the suspected shooter in custody. >> and there are other people that are injured. there are multiple people shot. >> okay. >> oh, my god. >> what police say is that shady looking gentleman was gerald loughner and the table that theyre talking about is right over here. this is where he barged through. cong...