Brain surgery in awake patient

Pt. with brain tumor being operated while awake. This is done by me(Dr.P.K.Jha, Dharmshila Hospital, Delhi) , in order to ensure that the vital brain functions like speech and limb movements are not damaged while the tumor is still being removed. Brain receives pain, but it does not have pain sensations itself! For further information mail at drpankajjha@gmail.com. Visti me at www.drpkjha.com

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[ICEHOUSE136]

ARE YOU STUPID.? The brain has no nerve ending meaning that you cant feel a thing. The brain is the only organ of the body where, because its so protected, there are no neurons.

[drpkjha]

The brain do feel sensations of other organs, but itself has only few areas where there are pain receptors like in its coverings called meninges near the base of the brain, around blood vessels like sinuses and arteries. We block the pain sensitive area of scalp and periosteum (membranous cover of the skull bone) by long acting local anesthetic agents.

Did the stupidity vanished now? Its not you, your EGO is at fault. Unburden yourself of this Ego.

[CaioNV]

"Brain receives pain, but it does not have pain sensations itself!"

but and the skin or the skull?

[drpkjha]

Yes, skin and skull do have pain sensations which we block by injecting local anesthetics.

[Holyhellaflyingturd]

Do you have to be awake for brain surgery?

[nickrohn93]

@ICEHOUSE136 "There are no neurons in the brain", wow...

[medicalterrylove2]

@ICEHOUSE136 YOU ARE THE MOST IGNORANT PERSON I HAVE EVER SEEN!!! you are so disrespectful and rude i hope you are not in the medical field with that ignorant trashy attitude of yours. how dare you call a brain surgeon stupid. you have no respect at all. and for the record the brain is the center of the nervous system so there for you need to learn some respect you ignorant jerk. i am just a patient care tech and i know your comment is just totally out of wack UGH!!!!

[TheBATDJNuklier]

how much blood is lost during brain surgery?

[iSonicTv]

the open up the head to fix the brain?

[OfTheImp]

@ICEHOUSE136 You're funny. Calling a BRAIN SURGEON stupid. If you're so 'intelligent' why don't you get a doctoral degree in medicine?

[Egglesplork]

_____"Hee-hee! That tickles!"

_____No, just kiddin'. The brain can't feel a thing. However... If some dude is pokin' around in there and pokes the wrong way, all kinds of interesting stuff can happen. Seeing colors, talking trash, probably even forgetting his or her own face, who knows? Some doctors once got somebody to have an out-of-body experience by using electrodes jabbed into some dude's gourd. How's THAT grab ya?

[billyg89]

@ICEHOUSE136 listen to yourself. "there are no neurons." you're talking about the brain! of course there are neurons. You may be referring to the fact that there are no sensory nerve endings for touch or pain in the cortex. As it is the brains responsibility to feel pain from the entire body, feeling pain from itself would be counter-intuitive.

[GayfishFTW]

They always keep them awake.........................­.if they don't they wouldn't now if their doing something wrong....