South African Musician Plays Guitar While Undergoing Brain Surgery To Remove Tumour
Musa Manzini was kept awake to avoid paralysis or damage to any part of the brain during the six-hour surgery. By keeping him awake the team of doctors located the areas of his brain that were active while he played the guitar. Manzini is in recovery and doing well.
A South African Jazz musician gave a performance on his operation bed while he was undergoing surgery to remove a brain tumour. During the six-hour surgery, Musa Manzini was kept awake to avoid paralysis or damage to any part of the brain, reported IOL.
By keeping him awake, the team of doctors located the areas of the brain that were active while he played the guitar.
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¡°In this way, we can test regions of the brain before they are removed. This allows for increased removal of a tumour while minimising damage to the brain,¡± Dr Enicker said. He also said that he wanted to ensure that his team removed as much of the brain tumour as possible.
Manzini will soon be well and back on the stage. After the doctors uploaded the operation video, he thanked them.
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Dr Enicker said Manzini was in recovery and doing well.
