article_snippet.sent: Dr Charlie Teo is the only surgeon in Australia who was willing to perform the risky operation that will hopefully buy Jackson Byrnes' more time .
article_snippet.sent: Dr Charlie Teo operated on the teen at the Prince of Wales hospital in Sydney’s east.
article_snippet.sent: Three weeks ago the teen was told by doctors that Dr Charlie Teo had a stage four brain tumour that was too deep and aggressive to be safely operated on.
article_snippet.sent: Dr Charlie Teo family refused to accept the dismal diagnosis and took matters into His family own hands and found Dr Teo, who said Dr Charlie Teo was willing to perform the crucial $80,000 operation if His family understood the risks.
article_snippet.sent: Dr Charlie Teo was the only surgeon in Australia willing to perform the risky operation that will likely see the Casino teenager paralysed.
article_snippet.sent: Dr Charlie Teo left side.
article_snippet.sent: Dr Charlie Teo told Daily Mail Australia that Dr Charlie Teo hopes the surgery will buy the teen more time. '
article_snippet.sent: If you can buy Dr Charlie Teo time with surgery then the hope is you're going to get a good response to the chemotherapy and radiotherapy and a significant extension of time,'
article_snippet.sent: Dr Charlie Teo said. '
article_snippet.sent: Even if we could buy Dr Charlie Teo six months of life the hope is we're going to come up with new treatment in that time.'
article_snippet.sent: The 18-year-old (pictured left, getting Dr Charlie Teo head shaved) at a recent fundraising event .
article_snippet.sent: Dr Teo will try to remove 95 per cent of the tumour, which has extended to very sensitive part of the brain .
article_snippet.sent: Dr Dr Teo had predicted that Dr Teo would remove 95 per cent of the tumour.
highlights_snippet.sent: Only one surgeon in Australia, Dr Charlie Teo, was willing to operate .
  