Other awake craniotomies

● In 2014, a tenor in the Dutch National Opera, Ambroz Bajec-Lapajne, sang Schubert’s Gute Nacht as doctors removed a tumour.

● In 2015, saxophonist Carlos Aguilera read music and performed during an operation in Spain.

● Last November, a patient in India, Hulasmal Jangir, was made to recite a sacred Hindu chant for hours while doctors performed surgery to remove a tumour.