Professional guitarist Christian Nolen played guitar during surgery to remove a brain tumor. This was reported by health day.
The two-hour operation to remove a glioma tumor from the patient’s right frontal lobe (which controls the left arm) was performed in December. First, the man was put to sleep and his scalp was numbed. Nolen woke up in a special chair, was handed a guitar and asked to play. He chose a song by the band “Deftones”. Playing the instrument was necessary for doctors to be sure of the safety of the areas responsible for hand movement. The man now continues his cancer treatment and plays guitar for fun.
Patients are usually conscious during brain surgery. At the cancer center in Miami where Christian Nolen’s tumor was removed, such procedures are performed several times a week. Keeping the patient awake during brain surgery has been shown to reduce the risk of complications, reduce the dose of anesthesia required, and allow patients to be discharged home more quickly and return to normal life.
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