(Telegraph)
The man, Anthony Kulkamp Dias was
kept conscious during his operation to remove a tumour and played the British
classic for the surgery team.
A 33-year old Brazilian man
is making international headlines after playing The Beatles’s 'Yesterday'
on the guitar while having brain surgery.
The man, Anthony Kulkamp Dias
was kept conscious during his operation to remove a tumour and played the
British classic for the surgery team.
He also played 'Emanuel', a
song he wrote for his newborn son, as well as Brazilian country songs.
Speaking on the feat, Kulkamp said “the
doctors asked me to repeat one of the country songs so I even had an
encore"
Reports Kulkamp, who played guitar
professionally for 20 years, discovered the tumour 15 days after his son was
born a few months ago, adding that he could not even say the name of his car
and was stammering as a result.
Telegraph reports that Kulkamp underwent
surgery while conscious, and played a guitar balanced on his stomach.
Said Kulkamp,
“I played six songs at certain
times,” he said. “My right hand was a bit weaker because that was the side that
they were operating on. So I stopped and rested. I was interspersing songs and
talking with them.”
The pioneering surgery allowed
doctors to safely map the patient’s brain while awake to avoid injury that
could compromise important brain functions.
Speaking on why Kulkamp was kept
awake for the surgery, Dr Jean Abreu Machado, clinical director, said:
“By keeping the patient awake
during surgery, these areas can be monitored in real time. A kind of mapping of
important areas can be done. It really is a great challenge for the whole
surgery team, including the anaesthetist.”
He added that the brain tissue does
not have pain sensors but the skin and other structures do.
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