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Rare spinal cancer tumor removed through patient’s eye at university hospital
Innovative Maryland surgeons pioneer first-of-its-kind transorbital approach to remove spinal tumors, successfully treating a ...
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First-of-Its-Kind Surgery Uses Eye Socket to Remove Spinal Cancer
A first-of-its-kind surgery has gone through a young woman's eye socket to remove a cancerous tumor wrapped around her spine.
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Miracle surgery: Doctors remove a hard-to-reach spinal tumor through the eye of a patient
After a month, Karla underwent proton therapy, a type of radiation treatment that is used to remove any tumor remains in the ...
Mum discovers spinal tumour before wedding after ‘10 years of back pain’
Julie Coleman, 33, first experienced pain in her back and legs during her pregnancy in 2014. Initially told it was sciatica, ...
Surgeons bid for medical first: Removing spinal tumor through patient’s eye
Karla Flores had a tumor strangling her spinal cord near the base of her skull. Doctors weighed whether they should attempt a ...
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Neurosurgeons remove spinal tumor through patient’s eye socket
Neurosurgeons at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore successfully removed a spinal cord tumor through a woman’s eye socket in a landmark case, the Washington Post reported May 4.
CAR-T cell therapy for cancer causes 'brain fog,' study shows
After treatment with CAR-T cells—immune cells engineered to attack cancer—patients sometimes tell their doctors they feel ...
Rare spinal tumor removed through patient's eye socket
In a first-of-its-kind surgery, a team led by a University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC) neurosurgeon has successfully ...
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Rare spinal cancer tumor removed through patient’s eye at university hospital
A surgical team at the University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC) extracted the tumors, which had wrapped around the spinal cord, through the patient’s eye socket. This was the first time ...