Watch a live webcast for a childhood brain tumor surgery

On August 31, 2006, at 6:30 pm, tune in to watch a live Webcast from Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital about a procedure for removing a fourth ventricular brain tumor.
Dr. Alan R. Cohen, Chief of Pediatric Neurosurgery, demonstrates the microsurgical resection of a fourth ventricular brain tumor in a 6-year-old girl. The procedure is carried out through a midline posterior fossa craniotomy with the patient under general endotracheal anesthesia in the prone position. Posterior fossa tumors are the most common brain tumors of childhood, and the extent of surgical resection correlates strongly with long-term survival.

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[cayman144]

@chonkiiee08 I think it takes about 9 years.? Don't quote me on that.

[RMADOO]

is it medullobalstoma ....??

[chonkiiee08]

how long does it take to become a neurosurgeon???

[ferrarilovr]

I've wanted to be a neurosurgeon since I was seven years old. I'm fifteen now. I hope dreams do come true!

[Jaymo2k7]

My daugther had brain surgery to get rid of her tumor when she was 10 months old...God bless all surgeons, especially neurosurgeons!!!

[dracomalfoyowns]

I wanna be a neurosurgeon too. :D

It's so cool, and you get to help people

[kirstie3337]

I want to be a Neurosurgeon as well someday. I guess I have a while to wait, though..I'm only 16.

[drksoul69]

its really cool to be a surgeon

[iloveallecchianime]

good for you man...we need to get rid of cancer and other bad diseases!!! make sure you focus only on that!

[sevenrd]

i want to be a neursurgeon too....i am at the beginning stage of my study