Mary presented to Dr. Philippe Mercier with seizures and an MRI showed a tumor that needed to be resected. Dr. Mercier resected the tumor but monitored her and over time ended up needing to remove other problem areas. thanks to the interoperative MRI at SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital what was once a drawn out over multiple surgeries could be taken care of in one visit. Dr. Philippe Mercier is a SLUCare Neurosurgeon at SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital who specializes in these complex brain surgeries and is an expert in his field of brain surgery & neurosurgery.
This clip is pulled from an episode of The Science of Healing, which aired Jan. 25, 2023, on KMOV-TV 4.
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