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A member asked:
Are surgeries for tumors in the brainstem particularly dangerous?
6 doctors weighed in across 2 answers
Yes: No surgery is without risk and brainstem surgery is no different. The brainstem is a major relay center for information going to and from the brain. Having said that, there are safe zones that one could use to enter the brainstem.
Answered 1/26/2017
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There is more risk: The brainstem has a lot of important function packed into a small area. Surgery there has more risk associated with it than surgery in many other parts of the brain.
Answered 9/22/2016
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