Doctors decided that awake brain surgery would be the safest option because the tumour was located close to areas of the ...

A YOUNG woman was able to listen to music through her phone – while undergoing brain surgery to remove a tumour. Brooke MacFadyen, 24, underwent Awake Craniotomy – a procedure to remove primary brain ...

Awake craniotomy is a refined neurosurgical approach for resecting intracranial neoplasms situated within or adjacent to functionally critical brain regions. By maintaining patient consciousness ...

The decision for an awake craniotomy was made because the surgery involves the patient being alert to monitor brain functions. Nolen, initially diagnosed with a glioma on the right frontal lobe after ...

The low-grade tumour was close to the part of her brain that controls her speech A YOUNG woman was able to listen to music through her phone – while undergoing brain surgery to remove a tumour. Brooke ...