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Shanghai team's medical breakthrough

DOCTORS from Shanghai East Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital conducted its first field brain surgery on Tuesday afternoon and the patient was reported to be in a stable condition yesterday. Xie Shicheng, 36, was injured... ...full story at Shanghai Daily

from Shanghai Daily on Wed, May 21 2008

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