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. 2013 Sep;29(9):1403-14.
doi: 10.1007/s00381-013-2157-x. Epub 2013 Sep 7.

Pediatric neurosurgery-science, art, and humility: reflection of personal experience

Tadanori Tomita  1
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Pediatric neurosurgery-science, art, and humility: reflection of personal experience

Tadanori Tomita. Childs Nerv Syst. 2013 Sep.
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Figures

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Fig. 1
Annual number of patients with brain tumors over 30 years treated at Children’s Memorial Hospital from 1981 to 2011. There were 2,398 infants and children. Note steady increase in numbers
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Fig. 2
INTRABEAM system (a). Intraoperative photograph showing irradiation to the tumor resected cavity following a removal of recurrent posterior fossa ependymoma (b)
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Fig. 3
Non-enhanced head CT axial view showing a large partially calcified tumor in the cerebellum and advanced hydrocephalus in an 8-month-old infant (a). The infant suddenly developed respiratory arrest and coma about 10 h after CSF diversion. Non-enhanced head CT axial view showing upward herniation with intratumoral hemorrhage and collapsed ventricles (b)
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Fig. 4
Brain stem tumor model in rat; sagittal section (left) and axial section (right) (a). An Aztec mini-osmotic pump is implanted for intracerebral chronic infusion of chemotherapy (b). In vivo bioluminescence images in rats showing active tumor in rat’s brain (c)
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Fig. 5
A picture of Tadanori and Kathryn Tomita
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