An eight-year-old Italian boy had
brain surgery while listening in his sleep to Mozart to keep his
brain stimulated throughout the op and help surgeons locate the
exact point of intervention in Ancona on Monday.
The four and a half hour op took place at the Salesi Children's
Hospital in the Marche port city.
The boy, who was suffering from a vascular malformation in his
brain, wore special earphones capable of emitting sound and
mechanical impulses.
The patient, from a small town in Abruzzo, was completely
sedated throughout the op, which was successful, doctors said
Tuesday.
After six hours he had a CAT scan and then he was gradually
reawakened.
As well as Mozart, he was also played Gregorian chant.
The music also had a "calming and anti-stress effect on the
child's brain," local Torrette Hospital neurosurgeon Roberto
Trignani explained to ANSA.
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