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Brain tumor removal through hole smaller than dime

November 4, 2013 by

More than two decades ago, Ryan Vincent had open brain surgery to remove a malignant brain tumor, resulting in a lengthy hospital stay and weeks of recovery at home. Recently, neurosurgeons removed a different lesion from Vincent’s brain through a tube inserted into a hole smaller than a dime and he went home the next day.

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