Awake brain surgery is a safe and effective treatment for several brain conditions. Although it may be intimidating for a person to be awake during brain surgery, this is often an essential part of ...

To test complex brain functions during neurosurgical procedures, surgeons must operate on awake, locally anesthetized patients. This allows surgeons to interact with them and test how their ...

Imagine waking up from a heavy sleep with the top half of your skull missing. You’re in an operating theatre, surrounded by nurses and doctors busily organising sharp instruments on trays. These ...

More and more brain cancer patients are staying awake during operations... so they can tell surgeons how they feel. It may sound like something out of a Frankenstein movie, but the pioneering ...

Philadelphia, Pa. (February 7, 2013) – Injury to the subcortical structures of the inner brain is a major contributor to worsening neurological abnormalities after "awake craniotomy" for brain tumors, ...

Injury to the subcortical structures of the inner brain is a major contributor to worsening neurological abnormalities after "awake craniotomy" for brain tumors, a new study reports. Injury to the ...