Recent news on Craniotomy

ORLive Presents: Craniotomy Treatment for Meningioma Tumors Common ...  -  May 18, 2007
Market Wire (press release)BOSTON, MA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- May 18, 2007 -- Neurosurgeons at Tufts-New England Medical Center in Boston will perform a craniotomy to treat a meningioma

Popular Radio Personality Faces Reality - Part II  -  May 23, 2007
abc11tv.com,It's called a awake craniotomy. "It's amazing," Dumas exclaimed. "You can't feel it!" Straight out of the hit ABC show "Grey's Anatomy," Dumas,

OR-Live Presents: Right Frontal Craniotomy Performed With Image ...  -  May 11, 2007
SYS-CON Media,CLEVELAND, OH -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 05/11/07 -- On Tuesday, May 29th at 3:00pm EDT, University Hospitals Case Medical Center will host a live webcast on

Toronto doctors take skills to China  -  May 19, 2007
Toronto Star,One of the operations, a craniotomy on a 16-year-old girl who was awake during the procedure, was televised live on a science channel across the country.

Cedars-Sinai helps Doug Fieger battle brain tumors  -  May 16, 2007
News-Medical.net,The larger tumor was removed through a traditional, "open" surgery, or craniotomy, but the smaller tumor was situated in a critical location that demanded

Endoscopic Removal Of Brain Tumor Through Nose - A Breakthrough In ...  -  May 23, 2007
PRLog.Org (press release),Conventional approach to brain tumors has been through a craniotomy (making a window on the skull).This form allows the neurosurgeon to adequately visualize

Patient response during surgery helps doctors  -  May 20, 2007
Zanesville Times Recorder,Awake craniotomy is a technique used at medical centers nationwide by surgeons looking to remove as much bad tissue as they can without impairing brain

Guidelines Updated for Treatment of Spontaneous Intracerebral ...  -  May 3, 2007
Medscape (subscription)Consider evacuation of supratentorial ICH by standard craniotomy for patients presenting with lobar clots within 1 cm of the surface (IIb, B).

Awake Brain Surgery With Cortical Mapping Shows Potential For ...  -  Apr 30, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),The results of this study, Awake Craniotomy for Brain Tumors near Eloquent Cortex: Correlation of Intraoperative Cortical Mapping with Neurological Outcome

May 18, 2007 BOSTON, MA MARKET WIRE  -  May 18, 2007
Genetic Engineering News (press release),Neurosurgeons at Tufts-New England Medical Center in Boston will perform a craniotomy to treat a meningioma tumor for a live webcast produced by www.

Ben Sassenfeld’s optimistic about recovery  -  May 17, 2007
Vail Daily News,Doctors drilled holes in his skull to monitor the pressure and decided on a risky procedure called a craniotomy. The swelling could have killed Ben,

Hospital offers stem cell technology  -  May 16, 2007
Philippine News Online,TMC is also known for its neuroscience program that includes “awake craniotomy,� surgery, diagnosis, management and rehabilitation of neurological

Scheffings pulled together after accident  -  May 14, 2007
Georgetown Times,By Sunday, seeing no other option, the neurosurgeon on call, Dr. Lenwood Smith, orders a bilateral craniotomy, an operation that will remove the entire

Torrey Pines' grad Demsey hasn't been deterred by series of setbacks  -  May 9, 2007
North County Times,What's worse, he had the craniotomy less than a month after getting married to his wife, Melinda. The doctors were able to expel 90 percent of the tumor,

AROUND THE VALLEYS  -  Apr 30, 2007
San Fernando Valley Business Journal Online (subscription),They also performed a “craniotomy� on a pumpkin, learned how to take vital signs and demonstration of anesthesia equipment and a pacemaker.

Study Analyzes Decompressive Craniectomy Outcomes In Pediatric ...  -  Apr 30, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),The rationale for decompressive craniotomy is that by removing a variable amount of bone from the skull, the brain can expand beyond the confines of the

Several hospital mortality rates rise in area  -  Apr 29, 2007
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle,Strong Memorial Hospital saw its mortality rates improve for stroke, but rise for craniotomy, the surgical opening of the skull, and among heart attack

Faded memories  -  Apr 28, 2007
Canton Repository (subscription),The next day, doctors at Akron General Medical Center performed an emergency craniotomy, cutting his head open. His head has long since healed,

Ailing children get 2nd chance through most delicate of surgeries  -  Apr 28, 2007
commercialappeal.com (subscription),She's having a bifrontal craniotomy tumor resection. Everyone in agreement?" They are. She steps out, and Helms begins. In less than 30 minutes,

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