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Jackie Garcia's five-year journey to diagnose a large tumor highlights the challenges faced by women of color and plus-size women in healthcare, emphasizing the importance of self-advocacy and addressing unconscious biases to ensure timely diagnosis and treatment.
Researchers in Russia have developed a compact, dual-sensor thermal imager that monitors blood flow during tumor surgeries, offering real-time, high-resolution temperature mapping to improve surgical precision and patient outcomes, with potential for widespread adoption in hospitals.
Musician Christian Nolen played his guitar during brain surgery to help doctors protect his hand movement while they removed a tumor. The awake surgery at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine allowed for real-time testing of his dexterity, ensuring the tumor removal didn't harm his ability to play. This approach also offers benefits such as improved outcomes and shorter hospital stays for patients undergoing brain surgery. Nolen, who has been playing guitar since he was 13, successfully passed his dexterity tests and is now back to playing his beloved instrument after the surgery.
Christian Nolen, a brain tumor patient, played the guitar during his awake brain surgery to help doctors monitor his manual dexterity. The surgery, performed by a specialized neurosurgical team, aimed to remove as much of the tumor as possible while protecting Nolen's hand function. Nolen's recovery has been remarkable, and he is back to working out and playing the guitar, with follow-up treatment likely consisting of radiation and chemotherapy. The success of the surgery was attributed to the collaboration of the entire care team at the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center in Miami.
A Florida man, Christian Nolen, played the guitar during his brain surgery to help doctors evaluate and protect his manual dexterity while they removed a tumor from his right frontal lobe. The surgery, performed by the neurological team at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, involved Nolen being awake to play the guitar so that the doctors could monitor his hand function. The successful surgery highlighted the value of multidisciplinary care and Nolen's remarkable recovery, with follow-up treatment likely consisting of radiation and chemotherapy.
A retired journalist, Glenn Deir, shares his experience of how the Da Vinci surgical robot played a crucial role in removing an inoperable tumor from his tonsils and saving his life. Without the robot, the surgery would have required more invasive procedures, such as cutting the jaw in two, but with the assistance of the robot, it only required an incision on the neck. This highlights the growing importance of robotics in the field of surgery.