Largest Plate Inserted in Human Skull

WHO: Tom Thompson WHAT: 15 x 11 cm (5.9 x 4.33 in) WHERE: Decatur, Georgia, USA WHEN: April 30, 1971
Tom Thompson (USA) had a titanium plate measuring 15 x 11 cm (5.9 x 4.33 in) inserted into the left side of his head by neurosurgeons at DeKalb General Hospital, Decatur, Georgia, USA on April 30, 1971. The surgery took place after he had been struck by a car and pronounced dead on arrival at the local hospital.