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 ...

Awake craniotomy remains at the forefront of neurosurgical innovation, allowing for the resection of brain tumours adjacent to critical functional areas while minimising neurological deficits. This ...

In a groundbreaking procedure for brain tumor removal, a 45-year-old lady remained awake and recited the Gayathri Mantra for two hours during the operation. In an impressive yet strange procedure, ...

A craniotomy is type of brain surgery. It involves removing part of the skull, or cranium, to access the brain. The bone is replaced when the surgery is done. In general, a craniotomy is done to ...

A 5-year-old girl became the world's youngest patient to undergo awake brain surgery at AIIMS. The procedure, known as awake craniotomy, was performed to remove a tumor in the left side of her brain ...

Philadelphia, Pa. (February 7, 2013) – Injury to the subcortical structures of the inner brain is a major contributor to worsening neurological abnormalities after "awake craniotomy" for brain tumors, ...

Indore (Madhya Pradesh): In yet another notable achievement, doctors of Maharaja Yeshwantrao (MY) Hospital here have performed a successful ‘awake’ craniotomy on a brain tumour patient. ‘Awake’ ...

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A five-year-old girl underwent awake craniotomy (Conscious Sedation technique) surgery for left perisylvian intraaxial brain tumor at AIIMS Delhi. She has become the youngest in the world to undergo ...

It was evident that awake craniotomy surgery is a complex experience with a considerable impact on the patient ( Table 2 and Table 3). The participants felt that the intervention done under local ...

Injury to the subcortical structures of the inner brain is a major contributor to worsening neurological abnormalities after "awake craniotomy" for brain tumors, a new study reports. Injury to the ...