9/19 Extra: Trans-Atlantic Surgery

they put balloons in the person and inflate them so the skin stretches. that's why they look so huge. on a grossly overweight person, the skin wouldn't be so tight and smooth.

as for "it's nothing surprising" - not really, but when you think about everything that makes it work, it's amazing. just need to appreciate the world that we live in today. another cool thing is this - imagine if every hospital had one of these set up. say you're in china and you get an injury/sick/whatever, and it's life threatening, but the best doctor in the world for that specific incident is in south africa or la or boston or whatever... no need to risk waiting to fly the patient home/fly the doctor there...