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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. 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.