Man plays saxophone during brain surgery

And other stories from the stranger side of life

Surgeons at work

Doctors in Italy have said they performed delicate brain surgery during which “the patient remained awake and playing the saxophone”, reported UPI. Paideia International Hospital in Rome said the 35-year-old patient was kept awake and played his saxophone during the nine-hour operation to remove a brain tumour. The medics said the musical performance allowed the surgeons to map the different functions of his brain as they operated.

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23 contact lenses removed from patient’s eye

A doctor has shared a video of her removing 23 contact lenses from a patient’s eye. Posting on Instagram, Dr Katerina Kurteeva shared the clip of her teasing the lenses from underneath a woman’s eyelid. According to the post, the patient put in a new set of lenses for 23 days in a row without taking the previous day’s out. “A rare occasion when someone ‘forgot’ to remove contact lenses at night and kept on putting a new one in every morning,” wrote Dr Kurteeva. ” Speaking to Insider, the Dr said the patient was sent away with eye drops and was feeling “better already”.

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