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Boy in Nimhans Bangalore undergoes brain surgery while humming songs in OT

Bangalore: In a first of its kind case,, a 16-year old underwent a brain surgery to get rid of epilepsy while he was awake and humming songs inside the operation theatre. Arvind Kumar, who is a

India TV News Desk Updated on: October 07, 2013 14:37 IST



But in this case the seizures Arvind went through were originating from the side of the skull which allows functions like hearing and music functions, told the doctor.
 
A pen-and-paper test was conducted by doctors at Nimhans which showed that both sides of Arvind's both sides of the temporal bones strong due to his long association with music.

Following the test, came the functional MRI test to measure the brain activity.


Arvind, who thought this to be the toughest of all, was asked to imagine himself singing and recognize the melody etc.
 
After all the tests were conducted, the operation began with slitting in a question mark shape on Arvind's skull which penetrated into four to five layers.

While the surgery was taking place, Arvind was made to listen to music and recognize tunes.
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