‘I performed electrical guitar whereas surgeons eliminated my mind tumour’

Christian Nolen had been recognized with a main tumour generally known as a Glioma, an aggressive type of mind tumour with an usually poor prognosis. It was in a “critical part of the brain” and required main surgery.

Luckily, the rock music fan and professional guitarist had seen instantly that he was having issues controlling one aspect of his physique and sought medical assist.

Dr. Ricardo Komotar, from the University of Miami Health System, defined: “It was involved in what’s called the hand motor area, the part of the brain that controls hand function.

“Without therapy this tumour would have grown into that hand space and he would have misplaced the power, finally, to make use of that hand… The solely approach to safely take away that tumour is through an awake craniotomy.” 

Nolen was put to sleep at the beginning of the open craniotomy but was later woken up by doctors during the two-hour procedure and asked to to play his guitar.

Such things were once only familiar to most people from TV shows like Grey’s Anatomy, which had a similar storyline, but more and more surgeons are using the technique in related cases.

Dr Komotar told Fox News: “When a tumour is involving or close to a essential a part of the mind – one thing that controls the power to talk or perceive language or transfer – we wish to do the surgical procedure awake to repeatedly monitor the affected person, so you understand if you happen to begin to violate regular mind capabilities.

“Fortunately, we were able to remove the entire tumour and not injure his hand.”

During the process, Nolen performed hits from the American rock bands System of a Down and Deftones and even advised the medical staff “this is wild!”

He advised WSVN Miami: “It was just, like, out of this world, like, to just like, wake up, and like, have people actively working inside of your head. It’s kind of an insane feeling.”

Nolen has performed guitar since he was 13 and first began to note the worrying signs when enjoying dwell exhibits. 

He stated: “I had lost feeling in my whole left side. From the waist up, like, I wasn’t able to move my arm, my face began to drag.”

Within ten days of prognosis, he was rushed into surgical procedure was profitable, and the staff at University of Miami Health System managed to take away all the tumour.

There continues to be extra therapy to come back however the prognosis is now rather more optimistic and, extremely, Nolen was capable of go residence and recuperate the very subsequent day after the operation.

Dr Komotar added: “Christian’s recovery has been remarkable. He went home better than he was before the surgery.”

A jubilant Nolen stated: “Being able to go to the gym and be active again, which is a big part of my life… It’s been very amazing.”