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WATCH: Israel Achieves First-Ever Skull Base Tumor Removal Through Eye Socket
Officials hailed the achievement as “a milestone in patient-centered neurosurgery” and described it as a “medical breakthrough.”
Israeli surgeons have completed a pioneering procedure by removing a skull base tumor through a patient’s eye socket, marking the country’s first minimally invasive brain surgery of its kind.
The operation was carried out on July 21 at Ichilov Medical Center in Tel Aviv by a team of neurosurgery, oculoplastic, and ear, nose, and throat specialists.
The young patient, according to the hospital, recovered quickly with little impact on vision or facial appearance.
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