LONDON - A violinist helped surgeons avoid damage to her brain during surgery to remove a tumour by playing her instrument, the British hospital where she underwent the innovative procedure said.
Turner, a 53-year-old musician with the Isle of Wight Symphony Orchestra in southern England, was diagnosed in 2013 with a slow-growing tumour after suffering a seizure during a concert.Professor Keyoumars Ashkan, consultant neurosurgeon at King's College Hospital in south London, hit on the plan to protect vital cells located in the right frontal lobe of her brain.
The medical team proposed that Turner be woken up midway through the procedure so she could play and be monitored to make sure her coordination was not being affected. "We perform around 400 resections each year, which often involves rousing patients to carry out language tests, but this was the first time I've had a patient play an instrument," Ashkan said in a hospital statement on Tuesday.
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