Man plays guitar during brain surgery to help surgeons cure muscle spasms

Surgeons ask a patient with muscle spasms in his hand to play the guitar so they can pinpoint the problem in his brain.

Mr Prasad playing his instrument after the successful operation

An Indian musician has played guitar while having brain surgery to treat painful muscle spasms in his hand.
Abhishek Prasad, who was fully awake during the operation, said surgeons asked him to strum his instrument to help them identify problem areas in his brain.
"The doctor had told me, 'You need to get your guitar in the operation theatre. I need continuous feedback from you about how are you feeling,'" Mr Prasad said.
The former IT worker, from the southern city of Bengaluru, suffered from a disorder called musician's dystonia, which causes involuntary muscle contractions.
In Prasad's case, three fingers on his left hand would cramp up when he played the guitar.
Mr Prasad started experiencing the spasms almost two years ago, but it took a year before he was diagnosed with the condition.
Abhishek Prasad played his guitar during the operation to help surgeons
Neurosurgeon Dr Sharan Srinivasan explained: "They (his fingers) get stuck because they are malfired, otherwise he's fine.
"So, it is a very peculiar problem because the MRI is normal, CT scan is normal, all blood tests are normal - it's purely a clinical diagnosis.
"Before surgery, a special frame was fixed to his head with four screws going deep into the skull following which an MRI was conducted."
Surgeons drilled a 14mm hole into his skull before using electrodes to burn the three target areas in the brain found to be triggering the abnormal tremors, which were 8-9cm deep.
Mr Prasad was given local anaesthetic and says he felt no pain during the surgery.
The 32-year-old, who quit his IT job in 2012 to pursue his dream of becoming a musician, said the operation was successful and he hoped to release his first album in a year's time.
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