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Complaint No. 15 filed against OKC surgeon JUSTIN JUOZAPAVICIUSAssociated Press Writer Doctors in Moscow discovered a tumor that had wrapped around David's brain stem, crowding the portion that controls involuntary body functions such as balance, swallowing and appetite. Surgeries like David's have a high chance of complications during recovery, but on the day of the October 2006 surgery, doctors told David he'd see his father in a few hours. And that night, the local news ran a feature story on the operation and said David could be going home in three days. In the weeks following the operation, Francel said David was able to breathe on his own for short periods and follow rudimentary commands, but eventually succumbed to infections he had been battling since before the operation. The boy slipped into a coma and was declared brain dead. He died in June 2007. After David became brain dead, Sabit Kurbanov, the father, charged that Francel and the hospital were more interested in promoting themselves than properly caring for his son — allegations they denied. Why David never recovered is unclear. Francel told the AP in a 2007 interview that the boy was in a weakened state before the surgery, and that the boy's father was frustrated with his son's condition and removed him from the case. "I did everything that could possibly be done, and so did the team there," Francel said then. "In neurosurgery, if you have a tumor in your brain stem, it's almost a death sentence." 
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