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Balloon Helps Doctor Reach Brain Tumor

Posted by michael on from the coming-through dept.

Anml4ixoye writes "A neurosurgeon at Cincinnati Children's Hospital has succesfully completed removal of a tumor in an previously thought inoperable part of the brain. The doctor, Kerry Crone expanded a balloon at the end of a cathader to push the neurons aside and remove the tumor, which was located at the thalamus. CNN is also running the story."

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  1. I wonder... by Gunsmithy · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...how long it'll take Richard Branson to express annoyance that he hasn't taken a balloon there yet.

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  2. Argh. by E_elven · · Score: 3, Funny

    I am going to STRANGLE (Seriously Terribly Restrict Airflow 'N Get Lungs Exploding) the person who comes up with these witty acronyms. I'm pretty sure it's just one guy in some corner office.

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    1. Re:Argh. by kommakazi · · Score: 3, Funny

      CLEAN - Clean Lab (Environmentally Altered Nook)

    2. Re:Argh. by homerjfong · · Score: 3, Funny

      Quit being such a CHUMP (Complaining Human Uttering Meaningless Phrases).

    3. Re:Argh. by Danny+Rathjens · · Score: 2, Funny

      Clean Lab ( Evicted All Nasties ) Clean Lab Environments Are Nice Clean Lab Environment Aptly Neat Clean Lab Environment Au Nonpareil Clean Lab Excelling ACE Niche Clean Lab Envying ACE Nickname

  3. Much better method by spitzak · · Score: 5, Funny

    Before now, these operations could only be done by miniaturizing a small submarine and 5-person crew and injecting them into the bloodstream, so that they could reach the clot and destroy it with a miniaturized industrial laser. This was an extremely expensive operation, and risky due to the fact that the miniaturization only lasted an hour.

  4. Re:it's spelled: "catheter" by Bob+Cat+-+NYMPHS · · Score: 2, Funny

    That's 'miSSpelling', fella.

    Trying to force a change on the sly, eh?

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  5. Re:The Real Tragedy by fbjon · · Score: 2, Funny

    such a lackluster response on this forum

    Doctors tend to be quite busy, I'm not surprised that there aren't many neurosurgeons reading Slashdot. Thankfully.

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  6. Re:Long live... by Hektor_Troy · · Score: 2, Funny

    How do you program an indian?

    And do they use little or big indian encoding?

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