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Who performed the words first conscious brain surgery in Australia?
Dr. Devi Prasad
Where does a brain surgeon make the most money?
From out-patient surgery centers!
Is there nerve endings in the brain?
There are no pain or motion neuroreceptors in the brain proper. This is what allowes the patient to be kept conscious during many neurosurgeries.
Why would a surgeon choose to perform brain surgery while the patient is awake?
This may be chosen because the patient's conscious response to stimuli or voluntary actions must be measured to assure the appropriate outcome of the surgery and to influence the actions of the surgeon performing the surgery (as in, if the patient is asked to speak and the surgeon is operating in a part of the brain that controls these functions, if the patient's speech improves, then the surgery is successful - if the patient's speech becomes slurred or inarticulate, then the surgeon may need to do more or may need to stop now).
Which organs does not contain any pain receptors?
The most important one is the brain. A surgeon can do surgery on the brain while the patient is awake.
Which of these methods does a psychiatrists not use to determine what is wrong with a patient?
Medications are used only when a doctor suspects a diagnosis is present. They do not use brain surgery for psychological problems.
What is a sentence with the word procedure in it?
Removal of the patient's brain tumor was consider a risky surgical procedure, however the patient elected to proceed with the surgery nonetheless.
How is it possible for the patient to be awake during brain surgery?
To my knowledge, the doctors wake up you after the section of your skull is removed. They can do this because your brain had no nerve ending so a person doesn't not feel pain while the brain surgeons are operating.
If a person is 82 years old and cannot have surgery after a brain injury to remove a blood clot that is stable and little increasing which are alternative therapies to remove blood in the brain?
If surgery to remove the clot is out of the question, the patient will have to wait for his/her brain to heal on its own.
What method do psychiatrists not use to determine what is wrong with a patient?
If for answering the A+ psychology question. READ THE LESSON YOU LAZY #$%$er. (Brain surgery)
Who was famous for the Montreal Procedure a surgical treatment for epilepsy during which the patient remained conscious while the skull cap was removed and the brain tissue was probed?
Wilder Penfield
What are the risks of having brain aneurysm surgery?
Brain Aneurysm surgery has several risks that should be acknowledged by each patient before surgery. The risks are severe bleeding, second rupture of the aneurysm and development of vasospasm after surgery, because the clipping of the aneurysm was not possible during surgery.
