What if, in addition to softening manners, it calmed anxieties?
In Ancona, Italy, a medical team performed a surgical operation to music.
While Doctor Roberto Trignani and his team removed a double tumor from the spinal cord of a 10-year-old boy, a musician accompanied them on the piano.
Emiliano Toso, who is both a pianist and a molecular biologist, played during the four hours of the operation.
Even though the patient was under general anesthesia, the goal of the experiment was to reassure him and assess the effects of music on his brain activity, explains
The Huff Post
.
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The medical staff monitored the patient's electroencephalogram during the operation.
The conclusion is clear: the patient's brain activity varied depending on whether the pianist was playing or not.
“
We tried to stop and then restart the music, observing the patient's response.
Even under general anesthesia, his brain heard the music,
”said Emiliano Toso to the Ansa press agency.
According to the doctors, the operation went smoothly and the tumors were successfully removed.
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In 2015, an analysis published Thursday in
The Lancet
already confirmed the interest of listening to music to soften the experience of an operation and its consequences, including in the event of general anesthesia during which the patient is however not conscious. .
According to the work of British researchers, music alleviates anxiety, especially when it is heard before the operation, although the benefit remains observed in case of listening during or after going to the operating room.
The pain experienced by patients is reduced by two points on a scale of 0 to 10. However, this does not shorten hospitalization.
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