Doctors may ask patients to sing during awake brain surgery to map critical brain areas and protect speech, movement and ...

Intraoperative mapping is a well-established and safe technique to maximize the excision of tumors involving the eloquent cortex while minimizing neurological damage. Although different techniques are ...

To test complex brain functions during neurosurgical procedures, surgeons must operate on awake, locally anesthetized patients. This allows surgeons to interact with them and test how their ...

The low-grade tumour was close to the part of her brain that controls her speech A YOUNG woman was able to listen to music through her phone – while undergoing brain surgery to remove a tumour. Brooke ...

Picture yourself undergoing brain surgery, and the doctor asks you to sing your favourite song. While this may sound like something straight out of a movie, this technique is actually used in certain ...

Over to Greg Scott, who was diagnosed with a brain tumour in 2000, and kept an internet diary of his treatment. "When my surgeon first told me on the phone that I was to have an awake craniotomy, I ...

Imagine waking up from a heavy sleep with the top half of your skull missing. You’re in an operating theatre, surrounded by nurses and doctors busily organising sharp instruments on trays. These ...

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The aim of the study was to reveal participants' experiences before, during, and immediately after awake craniotomy. The study was carried out in the neurosurgical unit of the Santa Maria della ...

A YOUNG woman was able to listen to music through her phone – while undergoing brain surgery to remove a tumour. Brooke MacFadyen, 24, underwent Awake Craniotomy – a procedure to remove primary brain ...