There was even a case where a violinist was asked to play the violin during this type of awake brain surgery.
A brain surgery called ‘awake craniotomy’ was successfully completed on a fully conscious 50-year-old female patient in Sabah last Thursday .
This is not Malaysia’s first “fully conscious brain surgery” as “awake craniotomy” has been performed in Malaysia since 2010 at the Universiti Sains Malaysia Hospital, Kuala Lumpur Hospital, Sungai Buloh Hospital and Sultanah Aminah Hospital. As the disorder had affected her quality of life, Dr Rose Nani said that a decision was made to perform the “awake craniotomy” surgery on her.
She later added that patients suffering from a cerebral aneurysm, extradural haemorrhage and chronic subdural haemorrhage could benefit from the same “awake brain surgery”. An “awake craniotomy” or “awake brain surgery” is a procedure performed on the brain while you’re awake and alert. It is used to treat some brain conditions like brain tumours or epileptic seizures.
For example, if you suddenly can’t seem to form coherent words, or lift your finger while the surgeon asks you to during the surgery, then there might be some accidental complications that they could immediately attend to.
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