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Brain Surgery through the Nose

By Cile Waller

Story Created: Dec 9, 2009

Story Updated: Dec 9, 2009

Every year, 200,000 people in the U.S. are diagnosed with a brain tumor. A new 3-D tool is giving surgeons a new pathway to the brain that avoids cutting open the skull. Patients are wheeled out of the operating room with a scar as small as a band-aid.

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