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<p>Pamela Shavaun Scott holds a 3D printer model of her skull after her brain tumor was removed from behind her eye, in Morro Bay, Calif., Jan. 13.</p>

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Hard search for less invasive brain surgery leads to eyelid
January 28, 2015 8 p.m.

Hard search for less invasive brain surgery leads to eyelid

Surgeons make small incision right in crease, sneak past eyeball into hard-to reach center of the head

WASHINGTON - Doctor after doctor said removing the tumor causing Pamela Shavaun Scott's unrelenting headaches would require cutting open the top of her skull and pushing aside her brain. Then one offered a startling shortcut - operating through her eyelid.