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Awake brain surgery

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Saleem pasha

Awake Brain Surgery The procedure performed on the brain while one is awake and alert. Used to treat brain tumors arising from specific functional areas of the brain and, for epilepsy and vascular lesions close to eloquent brain areas It reduces the risk of damaging critical or functional areas of the brain like movements of hands, legs, speech, and vision Benefits

-Minimizes risk to critical areas during brain surgery

- Safe removal of a brain tumor when the patient is awake because of real-time feedback of neurological and cognitive functions

-Allows the doctor to remove the maximum amount of tumor -Shorter hospital stay

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