A 32-year-old technologist-turned-musician jammed the guitar on the operation table while surgeons “burned” his brain to correct a neurological disorder. The seven-hour surgery at a city hospital last week relieved the youth of musician’s dystonia, a condition that cramped three fingers on his left hand.
Tushar (name changed) experienced the first cramps more than a year and a half ago while playing the guitar. Musician’s dystonia occurs due to abnormal and involuntary flexion of muscles, because of rigorous use.
Tushar played the guitar to help doctors locate the affected areas as the doctors “burned” parts of his brain that triggered the abnormal tremors in his muscles. Dr Sanjiv C C, a senior neurologist at the University of British Columbia said, “This problem occurred when he tried to play the instrument and real-time feedback was important for us to ascertain the exact location of the target to be repaired.”
Tushar is cured now. “I was amazed to see my fingers improve magically on the operation table itself. By the end of the surgery, my fingers were 100% cured and I could move them like before. Within three days of surgery, I walked out of the hospital all set to play the guitar again,” he said.
