Man plays guitar as doctors operate on his brain

A 32-year-old techie-musician strummed the guitar on the operation table while surgeons “burned” his brain to correct a neurological disorder.

The seven-hour surgery at a city hospital last week relieved the youth of musician’s dystonia, a condition that cramped three fingers on his left hand.

Patient experienced the first cramps more than a year and a half ago while playing the guitar. Musician’s dystonia occurs due to abnormal and involuntary flexion of muscles, because of rigorous use.

While the doctors “burned” parts of his brain that triggered the abnormal tremors in his muscles, this made him play the guitar to help them locate the troublesome areas.

Dr Sharan Srinivasan, the neurosurgeon at Jain Institute of Movement Disorders and Stereotactic Neurosurgery, said: “This is a surgery where the part of the brain triggering abnormal tremors is destroyed by burning.