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They drilled holes in his head, and now this Parkinson's patient is playing again
Bruce Gilbert, left, is able to play music and play golf again thanks to an 11-hour brain surgery at Emory. AJC photo: Curtis Compton / ccompton@ajc.com
Bruce Gilbert has not been cured of Parkinson's disease. He knows the monster inside his head will come for him again one day. But thanks to an 11-hour surgery at Emory during which surgeons drilled holes in his skull and sent a wire with electrodes into his brain, he is playing golf and music again - passions that once seemed lost forever.
Bruce Gilbert, left, is able to play music and play golf again thanks to an 11-hour brain surgery at Emory. AJC photo: Curtis Compton / ccompton@ajc.com
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