[Music/Health] Patient Sings, WHILE HAVING SURGERY in Order to Save Voice
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[url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-27865929[/url]
[quote=excerpt]A professional singer, Alama Kante, has sung through surgery to remove a tumour from her throat, so surgeons could avoid damaging her vocal cords.
The Guinean singer, who is based in France, was given just a local anaesthetic and hypnotised to help with the pain during the operation in Paris.
Kante was nervous about losing her voice, but in a "world first" her surgeon suggested she sing throughout.[/quote]
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holy shit this is amazing :v:
it must be weird as hell to be conscious during a surgery let alone be singing through it
[QUOTE=No_0ne;45130418]it must be weird as hell to be conscious during a surgery let alone be singing through it[/QUOTE]
Unless you specifically ask to be put to sleep (or HAVE to be put to sleep) they just paralyze the part of the body they're working on most of the time. Anaesthetics are a bitch to get right.
I've had surgery while awake and it's pretty cool, very relaxing too because you see all these sharp things poking you but you feel godlike when you don't feel the pain. :)
What did she sing?
[editline]17th June 2014[/editline]
[quote]"She went into a trance listening to the words of the hypnotist. She went a long way away, to Africa. And she began to sing - it was amazing,"[/quote]
[video=youtube;FTQbiNvZqaY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTQbiNvZqaY[/video]
[QUOTE=lazyguy;45130558]What did she sing?
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Fairly sure it's this:
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBR2G-iI3-I[/media]
[QUOTE=AK'z;45130431]I've had surgery while awake and it's pretty cool, very relaxing too because you see all these sharp things poking you but you feel godlike when you don't feel the pain. :)[/QUOTE]
No oh god no
When they slice the flesh and you feel the vibrations the texture makes when cut but not the pain, it's terrible
[QUOTE=JoonazL;45130642]No oh god no
When they slice the flesh and you feel the vibrations[/QUOTE]
uhh.. scalpels don't vibrate, or did they use a drill for yours?
she probably had to hold a single note to hold her vocal chords in a certain way
AND IIIIIIIIIIII
I couldn't do it. I'm horrendously squeamish. That one scene in the new Robocop almost made me faint, and the thought of all the blood, gore, and me being awake through all of it - even if I don't feel a thing - is probably one of my biggest fears.
I can blow gaping, gory holes in Nazis just fine, though. It's the real stuff that gets me.
[QUOTE=JoonazL;45130642]No oh god no
When they slice the flesh and you feel the vibrations the texture makes when cut but not the pain, it's terrible[/QUOTE]
Having never had surgery, the most complex procedure being having teeth removed, I'm not exactly okay with the idea of being under anaesthesia.
[QUOTE=ben1066;45131615]Having never had surgery, the most complex procedure being having teeth removed, I'm not exactly okay with the idea of being under anaesthesia.[/QUOTE]
They've performed brain surgeries without using anaesthesia before (but they did block the sensation of feeling pain while the surgery was performed) but truth be told, the brain proper has no pain receptors, once you get through the dura and expose the area of interest you can pretty much continue without the need of any anaesthesia proper.
They put me under when I had my appendix removed. I'm glad, no way I could have sat there and watched them slice my gut open.
Most of you who had your wisdom teeth removed,like me, were "awake" for the procedure. Youd be knocked out basically but be somewhat conscious enough to respond to simple directions, not remembering a thing after. Medical technology is pretty cool yo.
[QUOTE=Squad1993;45131735]Most of you who had your wisdom teeth removed,like me, were "awake" for the procedure. Youd be knocked out basically but be somewhat conscious enough to respond to simple directions, not remembering a thing after. Medical technology is pretty cool yo.[/QUOTE]
I remember getting my wisdom teeth taken out. It was like popping a cork honestly, except for one that was stubborn and had to be cut into four pieces to be removed, I can still feel the drill vibrate.
[QUOTE=Squad1993;45131735]Most of you who had your wisdom teeth removed,like me, were "awake" for the procedure. Youd be knocked out basically but be somewhat conscious enough to respond to simple directions, not remembering a thing after. Medical technology is pretty cool yo.[/QUOTE]
Unless you're poor and the only thing insurance covers is numbing injections.
they knocked me the fuck out when i got my appendix removed
[QUOTE=Ninja Gnome;45132901]they knocked me the fuck out when i got my appendix removed[/QUOTE]
Soo.. did your doctor like roundhouse kick you in the back of your head or what?
[QUOTE=Zonesylvania;45131667]They've performed brain surgeries without using anaesthesia before (but they did block the sensation of feeling pain while the surgery was performed) but truth be told, the brain proper has no pain receptors, once you get through the dura and expose the area of interest you can pretty much continue without the need of any anaesthesia proper.[/QUOTE]
The surgeries where like.. a patient is awake while surgeons are removing a brain tumour have always seemed surreal to me. It makes sense as it gives them live feedback on whether or not they are damaging any brain functions and it seems like in some case it lets them maximize how much of the tumour they can remove, at least that's the way I've understood it. But still.
The thought of being awake and showing them that you can still give them a thumbs up several times while knowing they have part of your brain exposed and are poking about in it is equally fascinating and terrifying to me :tinfoil:
Medicine is really neat.
[QUOTE=Jesp;45133374]The surgeries where like.. a patient is awake while surgeons are removing a brain tumour have always seemed surreal to me. It makes sense as it gives them live feedback on whether or not they are damaging any brain functions and it seems like in some case it lets them maximize how much of the tumour they can remove, at least that's the way I've understood it. But still.
The thought of being awake and showing them that you can still give them a thumbs up several times while knowing they have part of your brain exposed and are poking about in it is equally fascinating and terrifying to me :tinfoil:
Medicine is really neat.[/QUOTE]
This pretty much revolutionized how surgeries could be carried out since you could do a better job if you were watchful enough. Previously, when anaesthesia was considered a must for all brain surgeries, we'd often be flying blind with regards to damage caused until the patient woke up.
Reminds me a lot of this
[video=youtube;PjX6ErmKY14]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjX6ErmKY14[/video]
[QUOTE=Sgt Doom;45133564]Reminds me a lot of this
[video=youtube;PjX6ErmKY14]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjX6ErmKY14[/video][/QUOTE]
I dunno why, but I'd probably feel uncomfortable performing surgery with banjo music.
[QUOTE=lazyguy;45130558]What did she sing?
[editline]17th June 2014[/editline]
[video=youtube;FTQbiNvZqaY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTQbiNvZqaY[/video][/QUOTE]
When ever I hear this song, I can only think of Jeffster
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4xKzcR5n7Q[/media]
[QUOTE=Squad1993;45131735]Most of you who had your wisdom teeth removed,like me, were "awake" for the procedure. Youd be knocked out basically but be somewhat conscious enough to respond to simple directions, not remembering a thing after. Medical technology is pretty cool yo.[/QUOTE]most of you who can afford an oral surgeon*
because [I]dentists[/I] do nothing but stick you with an anesthetic needle and maybe give a few painkillers
my god i can still hear the CRACK my lower left wisdom tooth made
[video=youtube;I_izvAbhExY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_izvAbhExY[/video]
probably sang this too
[QUOTE=fruxodaily;45130707]AND IIIIIIIIIIII[/QUOTE]
Temptation to purposely cut cords rapidly rising.
[QUOTE=Squad1993;45131735]Most of you who had your wisdom teeth removed,like me, were "awake" for the procedure. Youd be knocked out basically but be somewhat conscious enough to respond to simple directions, not remembering a thing after. Medical technology is pretty cool yo.[/QUOTE]
I just got local anesthetic and felt everything they were doing but I didn't feel pain from it. Hell, I even picked up my sister from school on the way back and was perfectly fine
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