Paris, France. Since 2006, French Neurosurgeons have been developing micro-surgery applications for the removal of Brain Tumors.Using a mini-laser, which has a temperature-controlled tip, special software controls the entire operation at the neurosurgeon's finger tips.
Drilling a 3mm hole into the skull, the laser is directed to the particular tumor, where the laser tip burns the matastesing cells, while the specially developed software keeps control of temperature in the laser cutting head. The patient is only sedated with a local anesthetic.
Six voluntary patients have so far come through these "mini-laser" operations successfully. French technology researchers expect this form of neurosurgery to expand widely to include other forms of tumor removal in the near future. Acknowledgement: Le Monde, Paris. Geoff.
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