Video Of The Week - This Is Brain Surgery?
Mention brain surgery and images of a patient lying deeply unconscious with doctors carefully trying to cut through the nerves, comes to mind. However, this certainly does not seem to be the case if you watch this week's video, where the doctors and patients both look busy - One working on the brain, the other, happily strumming on his guitar!
Filmed by the UCLA team of doctors on May 23rd, the surgery - the 500th of its kind, was conducted to implant a brain pacemaker into the patient's skull to try combat the debilitating effects of Parkinson's disease. While the patient was put to sleep at the start of the surgery, he was awakened half way through the procedure, to perform a number of tests to gauge coordination and mobility - And since Brad Carter is a guitar player, there was no better way to test his fine motor skills and figure out the optimal place for the pacemaker then by asking him to strum a tune or two! The best part? Carter's guitar skills showed immediate signs of improvement!
Gives a new meaning to the term 'It's like brain surgery' doesn't it?
Resources: huffingtonpost.com
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queenunicornMonday, June 17, 2019 at 8:39 amCool- vinnySaturday, September 8, 2018 at 9:35 amme to
toearcherWednesday, October 25, 2017 at 3:12 pmReminds me of another article on dogo about a patient play the saxophone.
dixiebelleWednesday, July 27, 2016 at 7:34 pmvery cool, though I wonder if it would hurt to be awake during brain surgery:/
kawaii_gymnastThursday, May 26, 2016 at 4:01 amIs that good or bad?
dglovepinkWednesday, March 16, 2016 at 12:36 pmlol
lazaria1234Tuesday, February 23, 2016 at 11:34 ambut awsomeeeeeeeeeeeee- juniorMonday, November 23, 2015 at 1:18 pmsoo sad made me sparad tears
- cool/awsomeThursday, November 19, 2015 at 11:18 amcoooooooooool
- CooloMonday, November 16, 2015 at 7:53 amcool