In a London hospital, incredible scenes happened. The German violinist Dagmar Turner is operated on the brain and plays the violin - for good reason.
- The music means "everything."
- The German violinist Dagmar Turner , however, was in danger of never being able to play again.
- Therefore, she decided to take a strange step during an operation.
London - The doctors at King's College Hospital in London are unlikely to have experienced this yet. A brain tumor was removed from the German Dagmar Turner - so far so normal for the operating doctors. The operation became special because the gifted musician played on her violin .
Odd operation: opened skullcap - German musician plays violin during surgery
The tumor was diagnosed in 2013 by the musician born in Hesse. However, because it started to grow rapidly last year, the doctors opted for surgical removal. At this point the tumor was already measuring the size of a golf ball.
Because the tumor was unfortunately very close to the regions of the brain that are responsible for the fine motor skills of the hands and fingers , the gifted violinist Schlimmmes feared: could she possibly never play the violin again? That was the danger.
Dagmar Turner: Violinist supports doctors with a bizarre step
In order to prevent this fiasco, Turner decided to take a strange step by playing her violin in the operating room: “During the procedure, the doctors could see which areas of the brain are active while playing and not injure them. I mainly played pieces by Mahler, ”she told bild.de. For this special performance, the doctors woke Dagmar Turner during the operation.
Dagmar Turner is also pursuing her passion in the OR - despite the breathing tube and open skull.
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Dagmar Turner: "If the doctors had slipped, it would have changed my life"
The 57-year-old played two of the five and a half hours of surgery. This was not easy, “because my head was fixed. If the doctors had only slipped a millimeter, that would have changed my whole life . ”The doctors did an impeccable job, which is why Dagmar Turner was released after three days and now even plays with her orchestra again.
Turner has been playing the violin since she was ten. The music means "everything", as the 57-year-old claims. "We knew how important violin playing was for Dagmar," explains Professor Ashkan. A total of 90 percent of the tumor was removed - and Dagmar Turner can now continue to pursue her passion.
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