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Before the surgery even began, hospital officials spent a lot of time preparing us for the idea that this operation was not only risky for the patient, but also everyone else in the room.

Whenever you're operating on someone for infectious disease, there's a real threat that you yourself can get infected -- surgeons, nurses and observers.

As a neurosurgeon who has performed many delicate procedures, that was the biggest difference for me. Read full article »

Senior producer Wayne Drash contributed to this report.

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