Awake Craniotomy
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its a good video during brain operation...
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@xbelladancerellax excuse the graphic imagery, but you could remove half of somebodys brain with an ice cream scoop and they would feel nothing. the brain can't feel pain in itself.
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@walkandlookup just a local I believe
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@antiquesurfer Was it painful? It looks painful and uncomfortable. :(
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i had this procedure in april 2008. I was awake and answering questions, but don't have memory of it. I had a benign meningeoma the size of a tennis ball on my left temporal lobe and partially over the parietal lobe. Went back to work July 2008. Seizures are completely controlled by meds.
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@VulcanXL They numb you lol
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Can someone please answer my question =( I'm wondering why patients don't seize during surgery----I mean, all this poking around the brain---doesn't that irritate the cortex? If so, what do surgeons do to prevent/treat it?
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no the patient is highly sedated
@xbelladancerellax the Brain has no pain receptors
MercedesCars454 1 year ago 4
A seizure is a disturbance of the brain's electrical activity. The surgeons attach electrodes to the brain to control this when the begin a case to ensure that it doesn't happen. Since the brain's electrical activity is monitored via computer, the patient doesn't seize.
theshiz6 1 year ago 2