Awake brain surgery is a safe and effective treatment for several brain conditions. Although it may be intimidating for a person to be awake during brain surgery, this is often an essential part of ...

Most brain surgery requires doctors to remove part of the skull to access hard-to-reach areas or tumors. It's invasive, risky, and it takes a long time for the patient to recover. A mother says years ...

The main treatment option for pituitary tumors involves surgical removal of the tumor. The two types of pituitary tumor surgery are transsphenoidal surgery and craniotomy. Transsphenoidal surgery is ...

A patient from South Shore University Hospital, his new wife and a member of the medical team, talk about the successful first awake craniotomy procedure. Credit: Newsday/Reece Williams Stay logged in ...

LOS ANGELES ― A common dilemma in neurosurgery is whether to immediately replace the bone flap in the skull after surgical treatment of an acute subdural hematoma. In a new study, outcomes were nearly ...

In this study, we tried to discover the essence of patients' experiences when they undergo awake craniotomy. The results cannot be generalized because they were taken fromthe singular experiences of ...

Philadelphia, Pa. (February 7, 2013) – Injury to the subcortical structures of the inner brain is a major contributor to worsening neurological abnormalities after "awake craniotomy" for brain tumors, ...

For the first time in Southwest Louisiana, neurosurgeons have successfully removed a brain tumor from a patient during an awake craniotomy procedure. Scary symptoms brought Dale Lutgring to her doctor ...

Surgery often reduces symptoms of pituitary tumors. Following your post-operative instructions helps minimize your chance of complications. Your pituitary gland is found at the base of your brain. It ...