Surgeons Remove Spinal Tumor Through Eye Socket in World-First Operation

Surgeons Remove Spinal Tumor Through Eye Socket in World-First Operation

New technique preserves major nerves, blood vessels, and other critical structures in a hard-to-access area. In a groundbreaking procedure, a neurosurgical team at the University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC) has successfully removed a rare malignant tumor encasing the spine and spinal cord of a 19-year-old woman by accessing it through her eye socket (orbit). [...]