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The Minimally Invasive Approach
Dr. Kassam discusses the minimally invasive approach
to brain tumor removal.
Courtesy NBC-TV
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Expanded Endonasal Approach
Drs. Carl Snyderman and Amin Kassam discuss techniques and advantages of accessing brain tumors through the nose.
Format: RealPlayer |
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EEA Webcast
Drs. Kassam and Snyderman discuss safety and effectiveness of endoscopic endonasal brain surgery in pediatric cases.
Courtesy or-live.com
Format: RealPlayer |
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Endonasal Brain Surgery
WQED-TV news magazine show chronicles use of endonasal neurosurgery.
Courtesy WQED-TV Pittsburgh
Format: Windows Media Player |
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Endonasal Brain Surgery
Dr. Kassam discusses minimally invasive procedure for brain tumors.
Courtesy Ivanhoe News
Format: Quicktime |
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Faster Recovery
A patient relates how the minimally invasive approach allowed her to avoid disfiguring surgery.
Courtesy Ivanhoe News
Format: Quicktime
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Treating a Brain Aneurysm
Health reporter Marilyn Brooks profiles how MINC's unique approach allowed Dr. Kassam and a five-member surgical team to extract a life-threatening brain aneurysm through the patient's nose.
Courtesy WTAE-TV
Format: Quicktime
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OR 12
360° photo of state-of-the-art UPMC Presby operating room equipped with CT Scanner for advanced brain and spine procedures.
Format: Quicktime |
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Tour the Endonasal Surgical Suite
Format: Quicktime |
| Awake Craniotomy |
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Awake Craniotomy
Dr. Mintz performs brain tumor surgery on an awake patient.
Courtesy Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Format: Windows Media Player |
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| Neuroendovascular Surgery |
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Life-saving Surgery
Michael Horowitz, MD, led a surgical team that operated on a young Ecuadorian man with an intercranial aneurysm.
Courtesy WZBN TV-25.
Format: Flash Player |
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Endovascular Embolization
Michael Horowitz, MD, narrates footage of aneurysm
coiling, which may be used to treat vascular problems
within the brain.
Format: RealPlayer |
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Brain Coiling
Michael Horowitz, MD, discusses how the use of miniature coils -- resembling a Slinky -- are used to seal off brain aneurysms.
Courtesy WTAE-TV
Format: RealPlayer |
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Seeing Around Corners
The use of a new optical technique, known as image fusion, allows MINC surgeons to see around corners in the brain.
Courtesy WTAE-TV
Format: RealPlayer |