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Dr. Mohamed A.M. Labib

Dr. Mohamed A.M. Labib

Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, University of Maryland

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Notable Quotes

"By going through the bottom of the eye socket, we were able to remove a tumor that otherwise would have been very difficult and very risky to address. Trying to reach it from the back could have risked damaging the spinal cord." - On the pioneering surgery

Stories

The new pathways to 'inoperable' tumors

New Capabilities

Lead surgeon on first transorbital spinal tumor removal

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