Sentences with phrase «during brain tumor surgery»

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In January 2013, The Hartford announced that McGee had surgery for the removal of a brain tumor found during a routine checkup, and that he was cancer - free.

Republicans with exploratory committees include Danbury Mayor Mark Boughton, whose $ 33,790 in the third quarter brought his total to $ 195,941 (Boughton underwent surgery to remove a brain tumor during the quarter); State Sen. Toni Boucher of Wilton ($ 43,336 third quarter, $ 58,890 total) and Norwalk's Steve Obsitnik, who raised $ 63,696 in the third quarter and $ 265,363 to date.

Produced by a technique called fiber tractography, the image helped doctors at Sherbrooke University Hospital Center in Quebec avoid cutting vital circuitry during brain surgery: The reddest nerve fibers were those most likely to be severed by incisions to remove the tumor.

Called craniotomy, this skull - cutting technique is still used today during brain surgery to treat neurological diseases, injuries, tumors, and blood clots.

If Zika were used in people, it would have to be injected into the brain, most likely during surgery to remove the primary tumor.

It is often difficult for surgeons to see whether the entire tumor has been removed during surgery to remove complex brain or spinal cord tumors.

They tagged it with a molecule that acts like a flashlight, causing brain tumors to «light up» during surgery so the margins can be seen more easily.

Our pediatric neurosurgeons use innovative intraoperative MRI technology to provide a detailed view of brain and spinal cord tumors during surgery.

Purpose: This clinical trial is being done to investigate whether small particles called nanoporhphyrins can be used to better visualize tumors during surgery and potentially to see if they will be a useful method to deliver drugs into brain tumors for treatment.