Chief of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Maryland
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Director of Facial Nerve Center
A 19-year-old Maryland woman had a chordoma wrapped around her spine and spinal cord. Only 300 Americans get this diagnosis yearly. Approaching from the back risked paralyzing her. Instead, surgeons carved a pathway through the bottom of her eye socket—a first for spinal tumors—and extracted the cancer without disturbing her spinal cord, major blood vessels, or nerves controlling speech and swallowing.
Updated Jan 9
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