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A Florida guitarist played rock music while undergoing brain surgery, WSVN Miami reported
- Christian Nolen, a professional guitarist, was diagnosed with a brain tumor. Doctors scheduled him for an awake craniotomy, a type of surgery in which the patient is kept awake for parts of it
- During those operations, doctors ask patients to perform tasks so doctors can monitor their cognitive and motor abilities. For Nolen’s surgery, doctors asked him to play guitar
- Nolen – who called the experience “insane” and “out of this world” – said he played the Deftones and System of a Down during the surgery. He has since been discharged from the hospital