The idea of having brain surgery while awake might seem amazing enough — but one Florida man took it a step further and played the guitar while doctors removed his tumor. The neurological team from ...

A musician undergoing complex brain surgery in Italy played the saxophone during his entire 9-hour operation. The team at Rome’s Paideia International Hospital operated on the 35-year-old man, ...

Awake brain surgery is a safe and effective treatment for several brain conditions. Although it may be intimidating for a person to be awake during brain surgery, this is often an essential part of ...

Are you able to stay awake while surgeons take a look inside your body? “Awake Surgery” is TLC’s newest limited series that only has three episodes. The show will premiere on Monday, December 14 ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Imagine being out of the country and needing life-saving surgery – it happened to one dad while on vacation with his two young boys. It turns out, the sun and fun combined with ...

Share on Pinterest Dr. Shawn Hervey-Jumper, a brain surgeon at the University of California San Francisco, is a specialist in “awake brain surgery.” Noah Berger for UCSF New research on brain cancer ...

MIAMI, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) – Imagine being out of the country and needing life-saving surgery – it happened to one dad while on vacation with his two young boys. It turns out, the sun and fun ...