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Incredible: Meet the Russian doctor who removed his own appendix in Antarctica

New Delhi: There are many doctors across the world who have big achievements to their credit. But this Russian doctor performed a self surgery while on expedition in 1961. Meet this surgeon Leonid Rogozov who



Dr. Rogozov had some staff help him hold mirrors and retractors, but performed the entire surgery himself using just local anesthetic. 



After 45 minutes, Rogozov started to take short breaks because of general weakness and vertigo. Finally he removed the severely affected appendix and closed the wound.  




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