The idea of having brain surgery while awake might seem amazing enough — but one Florida man took it a step further and played the guitar while doctors removed his tumor. The neurological team from ...

MIAMI, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) – Imagine being out of the country and needing life-saving surgery – it happened to one dad while on vacation with his two young boys. It turns out, the sun and fun ...

The spinal surgery David B. underwent in November wasn't his first – but it was the first time he was awake for a procedure. "At first I thought 'Do I really want to be awake for this?'" said David.

On July 15, Chicago-based Northwestern Medicine performed its second-ever awake kidney transplant. The patient was a 74-year-old man, who left the hospital after 36 hours. He shared his experience in ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . BOSTON — The wide-awake local anesthesia no tourniquet technique may not be superior to general anesthesia in ...

If you want surgery and DON'T qualify for general anesthesia, or just have fears about general anesthesia, there's one doctor you can rely on and that's Dr. Meegan Gruber. Dr. Gruber has been a ...