MP: Doctors successfully remove tumour while minor patient plays piano during surgery
"This operation was critical and we had heard internationally that we can successfully operate patient with the use of the musical instrument by diverting the mind of the patient. So we did the same. As a result the girl is fine now," said Doctor Abhishek Chauhan who performed the operation with his team through an awake craniotomy technique.;
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Gwalior: Doctors of Birla Hospital in Gwalior successfully operated upon a girl who was battling a brain tumour with a new method of craniotomy in which she kept playing the piano during the hour-long operation.
"This operation was critical and we had heard internationally that we can successfully operate patient with the use of the musical instrument by diverting the mind of the patient. So we did the same. As a result the girl is fine now," said Doctor Abhishek Chauhan who performed the operation with his team through an awake craniotomy technique.
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