SURGERY VIDEO GAME AND A 3 D PRINTED MODEL OF THE PATIENT’S
PRINTED MODEL OF THE PATIENT’S SKULL.
SKULL. THIS MORNING, AN EXCLUSIVE FIRST
THIS MORNING, AN EXCLUSIVE FIRST LOOK AT THE GROUND BREAKING
LOOK AT THE GROUND BREAKING SURGERY FOR A LITTLE BOY NAMED
SURGERY FOR A LITTLE BOY NAMED ARI ELMAN WITH A RARE AND
ARI ELMAN WITH A RARE AND DANGEROUS BRAIN TUMOR.
DANGEROUS BRAIN TUMOR. VIRTUAL REALITY AND A 3D PRINTED
VIRTUAL REALITY AND A 3D PRINTED REPLICA OF HIS BRAIN CHANGING
REPLICA OF HIS BRAIN CHANGING THE DIRECTION OF THIS TODDLER’S
THE DIRECTION OF THIS TODDLER’S LIFE.
LIFE. WHEN HE STARTED HAVING SEIZURES
WHEN HE STARTED HAVING SEIZURES HIS PARENTS FEARED THE WORST.
HIS PARENTS FEARED THE WORST. >> 24 HOURS OF VIOLENT VOMITING.
>> 24 HOURS OF VIOLENT VOMITING. >> AND AT SOME POINT WE WERE
>> AND AT SOME POINT WE WERE LIKE, THIS IS NOT JUST A VIRUS,
LIKE, THIS IS NOT JUST A VIRUS, LIKE A STOMACH BUG OR SOMETHING.
LIKE A STOMACH BUG OR SOMETHING. >> TESTS REVEALED A LIFE
>> TESTS REVEALED A LIFE THREATENING TUMOR GROWING DEEP
THREATENING TUMOR GROWING DEEP AT THE BASE OF ARI’S BRAIN.
AT THE BASE OF ARI’S BRAIN. AND NOW THE BOY WHOSE NAME MEANS
AND NOW THE BOY WHOSE NAME MEANS LION IN HEBREW WAS PREPARING FOR
LION IN HEBREW WAS PREPARING FOR THE FIGHT OF HIS YOUNG LIFE.
THE FIGHT OF HIS YOUNG LIFE. TO SAVE THEIR SON, THE FAMILY
TO SAVE THEIR SON, THE FAMILY TURNED TO HOSPITALS AROUND THE
TURNED TO HOSPITALS AROUND THE COUNTRY.
COUNTRY. SOME SUGGESTING OPEN BRAIN
SOME SUGGESTING OPEN BRAIN SURGERY.
SURGERY. OTHERS RADIATION.
OTHERS RADIATION. BUT A TEAM OF SURGEONS AT
BUT A TEAM OF SURGEONS AT STANFORD UNIVERSITY IN
STANFORD UNIVERSITY IN CALIFORNIA WANTED TO TRY A
CALIFORNIA WANTED TO TRY A GROUND BREAKING APPROACH.
GROUND BREAKING APPROACH. >> WE HAVE NEVER DONE AN
>> WE HAVE NEVER DONE AN OPERATION IN SUCH A SMALL KID.
OPERATION IN SUCH A SMALL KID. ACTUALLY, MOST PEOPLE THOUGHT IT
ACTUALLY, MOST PEOPLE THOUGHT IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE.
WAS NOT POSSIBLE. >> TO DO THE IMPOSSIBLE, DOCTORS
>> TO DO THE IMPOSSIBLE, DOCTORS WANTED TO GO THROUGH ARI’S NOSE,
WANTED TO GO THROUGH ARI’S NOSE, A SO CALLED ENDOSCOPIC SKULL
A SO CALLED ENDOSCOPIC SKULL BASED SURGERY TO REACH AND
BASED SURGERY TO REACH AND REMOVE THE TUMOR.
REMOVE THE TUMOR. >> LOOK AT THE ANATOMY, WHAT IT
>> LOOK AT THE ANATOMY, WHAT IT CAN ALSO DO IS I CAN SIMULATE MY
CAN ALSO DO IS I CAN SIMULATE MY APPROACH.
APPROACH. >> USING THE 3 D MODEL WHICH
>> USING THE 3 D MODEL WHICH INCLUDED THE TUMOR AND
INCLUDED THE TUMOR AND SURROUNDING VESSELS, SURGEONS
SURROUNDING VESSELS, SURGEONS SPENT HOURS PRACTICING THE
SPENT HOURS PRACTICING THE PROCEDURE.
PROCEDURE. >> IF YOU ARE 1 MILLIMETER
>> IF YOU ARE 1 MILLIMETER BEYOND AND YOU ARE NOT CAREFUL,
BEYOND AND YOU ARE NOT CAREFUL, YOU CAN INJURE THE KA ROD DID
YOU CAN INJURE THE KA ROD DID ARTERY.
ARTERY. >> I’M BAWLING, I CAN’T HANDLE,
>> I’M BAWLING, I CAN’T HANDLE, IT’S TOO MUCH.
IT’S TOO MUCH. IT’S LIKE HANDING YOUR KID AND
IT’S LIKE HANDING YOUR KID AND NOT KNOWING IF HE’LL EVER COME
NOT KNOWING IF HE’LL EVER COME BACK.
BACK. >> FOR 16 HOURS, DOCTORS REMOVED
>> FOR 16 HOURS, DOCTORS REMOVED ARI’S TUMOR, PIECE BY PIECE.
ARI’S TUMOR, PIECE BY PIECE. >> THERE WERE MULTIPLE TIMES HIS
>> THERE WERE MULTIPLE TIMES HIS LIFE WAS SAVED NO QUESTION.
LIFE WAS SAVED NO QUESTION. >> Reporter: MONTHS AFTER THIS
>> Reporter: MONTHS AFTER THIS GROUND BREAKING OPERATION, A
GROUND BREAKING OPERATION, A MIRACULOUS RECOVERY.
MIRACULOUS RECOVERY. >> THE YOUNG LIONS, THEY FEARED
>> THE YOUNG LIONS, THEY FEARED THEY WOULD LOSE HAS COME ROARING
THEY WOULD LOSE HAS COME ROARING BACK TO LIFE.
BACK TO LIFE. >> HE RECOVERED HIMSELF.
>> HE RECOVERED HIMSELF. NO QUESTION.
NO QUESTION. WE WERE THERE TO SUPPORT HIM AND
WE WERE THERE TO SUPPORT HIM AND THE DOCTORS BUT THIS IS A
THE DOCTORS BUT THIS IS A POWERFUL ANIMAL.
