Home›Articles›A Yard of Dacron, a Sewing Machine and the Surgeon Who Received His Own OperationArticleA Yard of Dacron, a Sewing Machine and the Surgeon Who Received His Own OperationArticlesConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)ConnectionsArticle OnMichael DeBakey, Healers Well-attested SourcesWikipediatier 2Wikipedia contributors, Wikimedia FoundationVascular surgery, Health issues and Early life passages, raw wikitext (action=raw) fetched 2026-09-21Quote, Vascular surgery, Health issues and Early life passages, raw wikitext (action=raw) fetched 2026-09-21DeBakey initially resisted the surgical option, but as his health deteriorated and DeBakey became unresponsive, the surgical team opted to proceed with surgical intervention.View the SourceMedicine Atlas Original Articlestier 1Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.