Brain tumor removal through hole smaller than dime
Monday, November 4, 2013 - 12:00
in Health & Medicine
More than two decades ago, Ryan Vincent had open brain surgery to remove a malignant brain tumor, resulting in a lengthy hospital stay and weeks of recovery at home. Recently, neurosurgeons removed a different lesion from Vincent’s brain through a tube inserted into a hole smaller than a dime and he went home the next day.