Awake craniotomy is a refined neurosurgical approach for resecting intracranial neoplasms situated within or adjacent to functionally critical brain regions. By maintaining patient consciousness ...

Awake surgery for low-grade glioma has emerged as a paradigm-shifting strategy that balances maximal tumour removal with preservation of critical brain functions. By maintaining patient consciousness ...

A dad-of-five had a tumor the size of a kiwi removed from his brain while he was awake – and played the guitar during the operation. Paul Welsh-Dalton, 44, suffered with aphasia and headaches, and was ...

LONDON — The doctors prepared to carry out the brain surgery, their medical tools laid out. Their patient, wide awake on the operating table, was given an instrument of her own: her clarinet, which ...