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Category: Patient Stories
Tucson Woman Walking Thanks to Thoracic Disc Herniation Surgery
Rebecca Lester had two options: undergo a risky spine surgery with a 50 percent chance of paralysis, or do nothing and lose her ability to walk anyway. “It...
California Woman Has Surgery for Complex Brain Aneurysm at Barrow
A neurosurgeon at Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix has successfully removed a complex brain aneurysm from a 34-year-old Burbank, California woman who was facing paralysis and possibly death....
Mexico City Student Travels to Barrow for Cavernous Malformation Surgery
When Constanza Giesemann began suffering painful headaches, the active university student chalked it up to stress at first. It turned out to be much more serious, requiring her...
30-Year-Old Has Surgery at Barrow After Brain Tumor Found by Mistake
Jordan Lawley lay motionless in the MRI machine for half an hour while it scanned his head and neck. He wasn’t expecting it to find anything unusual. After...
Argentina Woman Travels to Barrow for Spinal Cavernoma Surgery
Eleven days after submitting her daughter’s medical information to Barrow neurosurgeons through the institute’s online Second Opinion Program, Teresa de Stefano of Argentina received what she called “magic...