The surgery was a success and doctors performing the operation were treated to a musical performance at the same time.
In Rome at Paideia International Hospital, a patient underwent a brain operation while awake while playing the saxophone as a left-handed, further complicating an already truly exceptional challenge.
According to the hospital, the team led by Dr. Christian Brogna, neurosurgeon at Paideia International Hospital, an international expert in complex tumor surgery and “awake surgery,” completely removed the brain tumor without compromising the patient’s neurological functions. It is one of the first interventions of this complexity carried out in a private facility. GZ, 35, a foreigner but Roman by adoption, a music lover, is fine and talks about the intervention, recounting the tranquility felt in those hours.
“The architectural complexity of the brain and its remarkable plasticity,” Dr. Brogna said. “Make the brain of each of us very different from each other. Each brain is unique, as is each person. Awake surgery makes it possible to map with extreme precision during surgery the neuronal networks that underlie the various brain functions such as playing, speaking, moving, remembering, counting. The goal of awake surgery is to remove the brain tumor or a vascular malformation such as cavernomas located in specific areas of the brain, while preserving the patient’s quality of life”
The operation lasted over 9 hours with a team of more than ten professionals from all over the world, including neurosurgeons, dedicated anesthesiologists, neuropsychologists, neurophysiologists, and engineers, supported by cutting-edge technologies such as neuronavigation. with tractography, ultrasound aspirator, intraoperative ultrasound, continuous neuromonitoring.