What is the longest period of time a human has ever spent in a coma?

Matthew_07

April 3, 1966 -- CLEARWATER -- Thirty-one-year-old Elaine Esposito of Clearwater has set a world record. But it is a record of human tragedy. For the past 25 years, she has been in a coma -- the longest period of human unconsciousness known to medical science -- and her case is listed in the recently issued Guinness Book of World Records published in London. http://www.sptimes.com/News/040101/NorthPinellas/Clearwater_woman_in_2.shtml May 29 08, 9:31 AM

kthnos

According to the Guinness Book of Records, the longest period spent in coma was by Elaine Esposito. She did not wake up after being anaesthetized for an appendectomy on August 6, 1941, at age 6. She died on November 25 1978 at age 43 years 357 days, having been in a coma for 37 years 111 days. http://www.answers.com/topic/coma?cat=health May 29 08, 9:51 AM