Hovering Between Worlds: Awake During Brain Surgery

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By Dr. Mercola

There are certain areas in which conventional medicine excels, and the ability to perform brain surgery to remove tumors is one of them. This is particularly true in the case of awake brain surgery, also known as intraoperative brain mapping, which is performed while the patient is sedated but awake.

Awake brain surgery is typically performed to treat epileptic seizures or remove tumors without clear borders that have spread throughout the brain. Because the tumors are often close to brain regions responsible for controlling vision, language and movement, it would be too dangerous to attempt to remove them while the patient …read more

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