▲ 30 ▼ Woman plays clarinet during four-hour brain surgery (www.bbc.com) submitted 1 year ago by Amuletta@lemmy.ca to c/offbeat@lemmy.ca 4 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] Lembot_0004@discuss.online 5 points 1 year ago (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Bubs@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 year ago The TL;DR is that they often do these "awake surgeries" when they have to operate near critical parts of the brain. They keep the patient talking so they know they have not damaged something critical. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Bubs@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 year ago The TL;DR is that they often do these "awake surgeries" when they have to operate near critical parts of the brain. They keep the patient talking so they know they have not damaged something critical. permalink fedilink source parent