Amazing Science - Largest Plate Inserted in Human Skull

Amazing Science - Largest Plate Inserted in Human Skull: "Largest Plate Inserted in Human Skull

WHO:
Tom Thompson
WHAT:
15 x 11 cm
(5.9 x 4.33 in)
WHERE:
Decatur, Georgia, USA
WHEN:
April 30, 1971

Tom Thompson (USA) had a titanium plate measuring 15 x 11 cm (5.9 x 4.33 in) inserted into the left side of his head by neurosurgeons at DeKalb General Hospital, Decatur, Georgia, USA on April 30, 1971. The surgery took place after he had been struck by a car and pronounced dead on arrival at the local hospital."