Patient plays violin during her brain surgery

A patient at King's College Hospital in London played the violin while surgeons operated on her brain to remove a tumour.

Dagmar Turner, 53, played the violin so surgeons could ensure parts of the brain which control hand movements and coordination were not damaged during the millimetre-precise procedure. Ms Turner, from the Isle of Wight, was diagnosed with a brain tumour after suffering a seizure in 2013.Her tumour was located in the right frontal lobe of her brain, close to an area that controls the fine movement of her left hand.

I was under when they did mine. I do know he listened to Sknyrd, & he confirmed. Still freaky 20 yrs. later

BBCWorld Not the first to use this technique. Move on.

Already this was done before 9 years ago by MayoClinic

BBCWorld Oh wow ! Excellent job 👌Kudos to Surgeons & Anaesthetists 👍

Ooh, so she played the violin so the surgeons could see which parts of the brain that activated, allowing them to preserve those parts. That’s a really neat way of solving that issue. Didn’t know itwas possible.

Utterly fantastic!

It looks like some cannibal movie scene 😱

Amazing

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BBCWorld This came to mind😂😂

Surgeon:' Do you know where in your brain we found your tumour?' Ms. Turner:' No - but if you hum it I'll try and play it.'

Amazingly shucking

BBCWorld so amazing wild

natural science at it's best, superb!

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BBCWorld So Mental!

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'I will apply, for the benefit of the sick, all measures [that] are required, avoiding those twin traps of overtreatment and therapeutic nihilism....

Amazing

BBCWorld I play harp 😂😂 bless her really good spirit 👍🙏

BBCWorld Playing a classical string instrument during brain surgery is impressive and all, but completing a perfect run on a notoriously difficult video game like Dark Souls while people muck about in your brain? That'd be something.

BBCWorld gotta practice my 40 hours a day lingling40hours

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BBCWorld Chills, so much talent here.

BBCWorld was waiting for one of them to say 'oops' and suddenly she has no idea how to play anymore

BBCWorld And she got this operation for free? Probably on the fiddle

Oh my God

Modern Science i love you.

Actually playing the violin whilst having your brain bug out, kool 👍

BBCWorld Why, why, not the trumpet?

BBCWorld The lvl of skill in that room is thru the roof

For those asking why, read the actual story. It’s pretty remarkable.

Yesterdays new again

It is good that she is not a drummer

BBCWorld How's the patient not on anaesthesia?

Absolutely amazing both the violinist and the surgical team 👏👏

BBCWorld Seems safe

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How many weeks is this going to be reposted for? 'sides, it's been done before with a banjo player.

And for our next trick, the patient will be playing Buckaroo!

Why tho

Could cause treble

Passion. Respect 🙌

Absolutely amazing, hope you have a speedy recovery.

NHS now so underfunded they can't afford a CD player for the operating theatre.

Isn't this a little bit scary

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