Archaeologists have unearthed evidence of what may be the world’s first surgery: a Viking-age human skull with a portion removed. The remains, belonging to a man between 17 and 24 years old, feature ...

When removing cancerous tissue in the brain, neurosurgeons often use "awake brain mapping" to minimize the risk of causing unintended disruptions to a patient's quality of life while removing as much ...

During a recent operation on a patient’s brain, neurosurgeon Dr. Daniel Orringer noticed something peculiar: he could almost feel the patient’s positivity emanating from them. Typically, we perceive ...

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 ...

ROYAL OAK, Mich. – Virtual reality technology is making brain surgery safer and helping to explain complicated procedures to patients. Neurosurgeons at Corewell Health William Beaumont University ...

Erik Lochtefeld is back to acting and marathon training after a glioblastoma diagnosis and complex surgery at NYU Langone.

Brain aneurysm clipping surgery is used to prevent or treat a ruptured aneurysm, a life threatening emergency. A brain aneurysm is a bulging area of a blood vessel in your brain. If a brain aneurysm ...

Not all brain aneurysms require surgery. Some require no treatment at all, while it may be possible to treat other aneurysms with medications, lifestyle changes, or rehabilitative therapy. A brain ...

Surgery can be lifesaving for people who experience a ruptured brain aneurysm or have an aneurysm at a high risk of rupturing. Not waking up after brain aneurysm surgery can happen for many reasons.

A team of researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has been refining and combining several advanced technologies over the past six years to create a revolutionary platform to treat a ...