Video Of The Week - This Is Brain Surgery?

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Mention brain surgery and images of a patient lying deeply unconscious with doctors carefully trying to cut through the nerves, comes to mind. However, this certainly does not seem to be the case if you watch this week's video, where the doctors and patients both look busy - One working on the brain, the other, happily strumming on his guitar!

Filmed by the UCLA team of doctors on May 23rd, the surgery - the 500th of its kind, was conducted to implant a brain pacemaker into the patient's skull to try combat the debilitating effects of Parkinson's disease. While the patient was put to sleep at the start of the surgery, he was awakened half way through the procedure, to perform a number of tests to gauge coordination and mobility - And since Brad Carter is a guitar player, there was no better way to test his fine motor skills and figure out the optimal place for the pacemaker then by asking him to strum a tune or two! The best part? Carter's guitar skills showed immediate signs of improvement!

Gives a new meaning to the term 'It's like brain surgery' doesn't it?

Resources: huffingtonpost.com

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190 Comments
  • crusherover 9 years
    awesome that dude is brave
    • Goody two shoesover 9 years
      COOL!!!!
      • Goody two shoesover 9 years
        AWSOME!!!!!!!!!!!!
        • sharanya8
          sharanya8about 10 years
          while having surgery and playing a guitar......SICK!
          • :)about 10 years
            Gosh... I wonder if he felt any pain or felt the moving the tools through the nerves?
            • edmodo-jlhdvq4xst
              edmodo-jlhdvq4xstabout 10 years
              i feel bad god bless that guy
              • tashadtasha
                tashadtashaabout 10 years
                This article is very interesting. I inspires me to become a nurse when i grow up.
                • Youover 10 years
                  Thats awesome!
                  • Manu fan Zayyanover 10 years
                    that is DISGUSTING-LY AWSOME
                    • Manu fan Zayyanover 10 years
                      But it's kind of awkward to be playing a guitar while surgery