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This violinist played her instrument as surgeons removed a brain tumor

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(CNN)Dagmar Turner wasn't just showing off when she played the violin during her brain surgery at King's College Hospital in London.

Surgeons asked the 53-year-old to play her instrument to ensure that the professional violinist's musical abilities were not damaged during a tumor removal.

The tumor, in her right frontal lobe, was dangerously close to areas of her brain that were responsible for coordinating delicate movements in her left hand. These regions are crucial for playing the violin, and in some spots, their distance from the tumor was as narrow as a credit card.

"The violin is my passion. I've been playing since I was 10 years old," Turner said in a February 18 news release. "The thought of losing my ability to play was heart-breaking."

Dr. Keyoumars Ashkan, a neurosurgeon, came up with this creative solution.

"We perform around 400 resections (tumor removals) each year, which often involves rousing patients to carry out language tests, but this was the first time I've had a patient play an instrument," he said in the news release.

Before the procedure, a team of medical experts spent two hours mapping Turner's brain to figure out which areas were active when she played the violin.

Doctors managed to successfully remove over 90% of the tumor without damaging Turner's fine motor skills. She went home to her husband and son three days after the procedure.

"I'm hoping to be back with my orchestra very soon," Turner said after the surgery. She plays with the Isle of Wight Symphony Orchestra.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/19/world/violin-brain-surgery-trnd/index.html


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Her way of suppressing tension






Y'all tagging me should take chill pill....

This topic is 4 days old and im not modifying my first comment...

E lo para yin...
Everybody dey entitle to his opinion

Wow

jantofubu:
Her way of suppressing tension

Read again. Read first. Stop rushing to be first to comment

Way to go.
While we are still skull mining with lots of jazz huts scattered all over the country chanting ayeeeeeeee everywhere.
Useless and -2 IQ men.
See how they have been ruling Nigeria with all their occultic knowledge since 1960. If something u believe in is not helping u move ahead positively or impact u and those around u, it's high time u discard it and join the moving train.


Science is beau

jantofubu:
Her way of suppressing tension

See what first to comment has caused

jantofubu:
Her way of suppressing tension

You need two nylon of chilled zobo to cool off

Science fiction

chatinent:
They touched a part of her brain that it remembered lines, sent signal to her hands and she mentally played them unconsciously.

What if they had touched the part of her brain that remembered sex styles

haywire07:
Read again. Read first. Stop rushing to be first to comment

Her own way of suppressing tension

Watched this news on TVC.
Fascinating I must say.

I saw it on CNN 2 days ago

That's the impacts of science and technology.
What can we say about religion or?

Hmmm

Amazing!!!!!!
Simply amazing.

jantofubu:
Her way of suppressing tension

na so una dey take fail exam so. Rush to read question, rush to answer rubbish that will frustrate a lecturer.

Read about it on Twitter

Mind blowing

Good

Wow

Which kin Anesthesia them use on her




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This is science.

Amazing!

chatinent:
They touched a part of her brain that it remembered lines, sent signal to her hands and she mentally played them unconsciously.

hmmm odogwu I hail

After God, the White man comes next

Impressive.

Wetin mourinho no go see for Stamford bridge

Seriously, what's up with the whites and tumors

chatinent:
They touched a part of her brain that it remembered lines, sent signal to her hands and she mentally played them unconsciously.

Nonsense.. You are part of the problem in Nigeria. You will ignore the facts looking you in the face and type impossible nonsense.

Medicine saves lives. Malaria, Ebola and different kinds of diseases now have a cure because of medicine. Breast cancer is no longer the death sentence it used to be.

Shout out to all the doctors in the house.

Looks like something out of Grey's Anatomy or House MD. Super cool.