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In an intricate “awake” brain surgery, a musician underwent a marathon operation in a private hospital in Rome, remaining conscious the whole time. Not only that, but amazingly he played a saxophone throughout the 9-hour procedure, in one of the first surgeries of its kind ever done.
A surgical team led by Dr. Christian Brogna, a neurosurgeon specializing in complex cancers and awake surgeries, performed the removal of a brain tumor from the 35-year-old man at Paideia International Hospital on Oct. 10.
The patient, identified as “G. Z.,” who isn’t an Italian native but became Roman through adoption, is an avid music lover. As he is left-handed, the already challenging extraction was made even more complicated. Brogna and his team managed the operation without impairing the patient’s neurological functions, according to a hospital press release....