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"Her brain, Karen Ann Quinlan's, weighed more than Terri Schiavo's brain weighed," Nelson said. "The findings here are, perhaps, worse, even, than Karen Ann Quinlan."

Of course the condition of Terri's brain was "even worse" than that of Karen Ann Quinlan!

That's because upon autopsy, it was discovered that Karen Ann Quinlan's brain was hardly damaged at all --except for one small area, the thalamus:

Karen’s autopsy became an important aspect of her case because it did not confirm the doctor’s reasoning for her vegetative state. Instead of severe damage to the cerebral cortex, as the physicians had expected, Karen’s brain had extensive damage to the thalamus, and the cerebral cortex was only minimally damaged. [emphasis mine]
-- Creighton University School of Medicine: Autopsy Results for Karen Ann Quinlan

So what is this doctors' statement comparing Terri to Karen Ann Quinlan supposed to prove?

Misdiagnosis of Karen Ann Quinlan's injury may have led her doctors and her parents to not even try giving her therapy.