Theodore H. Schwartz, MD, an Attending Neurological Surgeon at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center and Professor of Neurological Surgery at Weill Cornell Medical College, discusses a case where he removed a large tumor from the brain of a patient using a minimally-invasive endoscopic technique he has developed.
With the technique, Dr. Schwartz navigated an endoscope (a long, thin, tube equipped with a camera and ports that instruments can be slid through) into the patient's nose, through her sinuses, and into the pituitary gland section of the brain - where the tumor was growing. Once there, he deployed surgical instruments through the ports and carefully removed the tumor.
Tumors of this size are typically removed using a craniotomy, a technique where surgeons remove part of the skull and "push aside" the brain to gain access to the tumor. It's a procedure that involves greater risk and recovery time than the endoscopic technique Dr. Schwartz has developed.
You can learn more about Dr. Theodore H. Schwartz and his work with endoscopic skull-base surgery at:
http://www.weillcornell.org/physician...
and
http://www.endoscopicskullbasesurgery...
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