Category: brain surgery

Musician With Brain Cancer Plays Saxophone During 9-Hour Brain Surgery in Rome Hospital

In an intricate “awake” brain surgery, a musician underwent a marathon operation in a private hospital in Rome, remaining conscious the whole time. Not only that, but amazingly he played a saxophone throughout the 9-hour procedure, in one of the first surgeries of its kind ever done. A surgical team led by Dr. Christian Brogna, a neurosurgeon…


500lb Woman Had to Lose 300lb or Suffer Pain for Rest of Her Life—and She Did It in 30 Months

After her incredible weight-loss journey, a south Texas mother has gone viral. She says her main motivation was finding out she needed brain decompression surgery—a procedure that was out of the question when she weighed nearly 500 pounds (227 kg). Today, Evelyn Morales LaGrange is unrecognizable compared to her former self. After getting a gastric…