Christian Nolen, he recently underwent brain surgery to remove a cancerous tumor from his head while fully awake.
And, what's more, he actually played guitar during the surgery under doctor’s orders, so that the medical team at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine could examine and protect his manual dexterity while simultaneously trying to remove the tumor.
The tumor itself was on the right side of Nolen’s frontal lobe, and was beginning to cause symptoms pertaining to dexterity, explains Ricardo Komotar, M.D., director of the brain tumor program at Sylvester.
Nolen reportedly used the time in surgery to play tunes by System of a Down and Deftones.
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