There's nothing particularly impressive about the video. Trepanning or trephination is one of the oldest known surgical operations known. They've found skulls more than 8000 years old in Europe with holes in them and evidence of bone healing, meaning that the subjects survived. For Africans to be celebrating something that Europeans were doing in prehistoric times and have long since abandoned doesn’t exactly paint us in a good light.

Aside from that, as a surgeon, I have some serious objections to the way the procedure is depicted in the video. For one, trepanning is only beneficial in people who have had severe trauma to the head. To do something as drastic as brain surgery for conditions like "simple headache" is totally irresponsible. They even mentioned a person in the video who had had the surgery 13 times!!! There is no excuse for opening any part of the body 13 times, no the talk of opening the skull with no antibiotics and in dirty conditions. If 2 or 3 surgeries are not enough to solve the patient's problem, it's unlikely that more will.

Any doctor that opens someone's skull 13 different times should have his licence taken away for public safety reasons.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trepanning

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hes sleeping peacefully. Btw, i so love him. May he reap d fruits of his labour in ten folds!
May he not die now, but live long to enjoy all d goodies of life.
I love u dad, u will live long.
**sobs**
**kisses**
amennnn
sweeet dad!

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JEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEZ KEEEEEEEEEERRRRRYST!!!!
Why on earth did I click play on that Video??
Why, why, why why why...

Evil Brain: There's nothing particularly impressive about the video. Trepanning or trephination is one of the oldest known surgical operations known. They've found skulls more than 8000 years old in Europe with holes in them and evidence of bone healing, meaning that the subjects survived. For Africans to be celebrating something that Europeans were doing in prehistoric times and have long since abandoned doesn’t exactly paint us in a good light.

Aside from that, as a surgeon, I have some serious objections to the way the procedure is depicted in the video. For one, trepanning is only beneficial in people who have had severe trauma to the head. To do something as drastic as brain surgery for conditions like "simple headache" is totally irresponsible. They even mentioned a person in the video who had had the surgery 13 times!!! There is no excuse for opening any part of the body 13 times, no the talk of opening the skull with no antibiotics and in dirty conditions. If 2 or 3 surgeries are not enough to solve the patient's problem, it's unlikely that more will.

Any doctor that opens someone's skull 13 different times should have his licence taken away for public safety reasons.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trepanning

So for your mind you don talk abi? you are eager to belittle their efforts with present day knowledge of the subject matter. And you don't see the backwards-Ness in your statement.

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I am thinking "local" anaesthetic and analgesics here.

It is still the same thing oyibo dey use...only say dem sabi "packaging"

Incredible feat... I tell you.

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Eeeewwwwwwwwwwww. Damn!!!!!

Judging from reactions here, I'm very glad I didn't watch the video.

Brain surgery is often done, without anaesthesia, even today. It is sometimes necessary for the patient to be awake, to tell the doctor what he feels when certain stimuli is applied.

It is miraculous that so many survive these types of primitive operations, performed by men with no formal training. One should never discount faith, even in modern times. Maybe especially in modern times.

Hey.
Your latest diary post.

aManFromMars: Hey.
Your latest diary post.

Yeah.

khattab02: lol.. Chei banana ropes!

That surgery must have taken place in BANANA ICELAND. Yuzedo were you there?

Okiki_Oluwa: Our traditional doctors are trying. But oyinbo technology is super.

you have a point there

ROSSIKE:

No. The problem is that oafs like you are too busy worshipping at the altar of 'oyinbo' instead of developing and refining your own indigenous medicine to modern standards like they did with theirs. The Chinese are already perfecting their traditional medicine and are now selling it in the same west that you worship.

Did i mention "oyinbo" in my post you paranoid oaf??..must you defend everything simply because they are indigenious??.

Its people like you who will fly out of the country to get better medical care when you have constipation instead of eating right.

I recommend that "isi egbuwa" procedure for you cos you need one badly.

Myopic individuals everywhere!!!! Damn,

Aint watching that

The video isn't even new I doubt the old man is still alive.

Victoriousvic: Aint watching that

I couldn't watch it either, I have weak stomach for such things.

berem: Where can I get the contact of the native doctor? I need someone on this forum to perform a brain surgery with immediate effect!

who might dat b?

Amusaopeyemi:

Ki le leyi n nso?

O su mi oo...,maybe he needs an appointment with the witch doc.

Lmao and people are hailing this?


Nigerians are so backwards sometimes....

Holy Smokes!! This is too much too early. Jeez!

joanpinkie:

That surgery must have taken place in BANANA ICELAND. Yuzedo were you there?

.

Bros u no go leave this man?,una don make am relocate from him banana iceland mansion and now we no knw him whereabouts.

Hmmm... I think we should atleast give credit to him cos he truly deserves one. Come to think of it, he had no formal education but was able to put up that feat. N for the scar, I don't think the affected care cos to them who can't afford the modernized surgery it is better to have a scar and be concious of it than to die.

@Op next time allow the native doctor to carryout operation on your brain and see how easy it is to die.by then i can only say RIP to you.

dolly dolly: Hmmm... I think we should atleast give credit to him cos he truly deserves one. Come to think of it, he had no formal education but was able to put up that feat. N for the scar, I don't think the affected care cos to them who can't afford the modernized surgery it is better to have a scar and be concious of it than to die.

that scar ehn.... Oboi!!!!! Na to dey wear wig ooooo. The scar con be like the tattoo wey dey Avatar head

oyb: Ignorance is bad and in these days of google its a freaking shame. . . There are no pain centres in the brain. That's the real reason for no anaesthetic Google lobotomies where the frontal lobes of concious patients were stabbed with ice picks or just watch the last 30 minutes of hannibal

what is this one saying [WITOS]

HOLY KWAKOMOLLY!! DAME!
Really sick sh1t