Dhansukh Chouhan, 49, from Bharuch's Tamadi village, was taken to SSG Hospital with convulsions and speech problems. A tumor on the left side of his brain was discovered in his MRI, known as Left Insular Glioma. Speech sites are located on the left side of the brain. Surgery in this area can potentially cause damage to these areas, resulting in speech and comprehension loss (called APHASIA). As a result, Awake Craniotomy with Intraoperative Neuromonitoring (IONM), is used to operate on certain malignancies. By constantly conversing with the patient, the physicians decided to employ the procedure to operate on him. Dr. Amey Patankar, Head of Neurosurgery Department of SSG Hospital, shared that it is crucial to note that the brain is a painless structure, and the skin over the brain is painful. In the technique, the patient is kept awake throughout the procedure while local anesth

Author-Shlok Talati