Tech: BBC News: Banjo used in brain surgery

Subject: RE: Tech: BBC News: Banjo used in brain surgery
From: Rowan
Date: 17 Nov 08 - 04:11 PM

Thanks Murray. I missed it the first time around and was alerted only by a banjo-playing friend. Usually you lot west of the Caucasus and east of the IDL are well behind us in Oz but you got ahead this time.

Cheers, Rowan

Subject: RE: Tech: BBC News: Banjo used in brain surgery
From: GUEST,TJ in San Diego
Date: 17 Nov 08 - 11:30 AM

Apparently, the surgery proved such a success, and the picking reached such a crescendo, that the doctors were moved to note: "Please notice that at no time do the fingers of the patient actually leave the hand!"

Subject: RE: Tech: BBC News: Banjo used in brain surgery
From: Murray MacLeod
Date: 17 Nov 08 - 03:36 AM

bit late with that one, Rowan.

This thread has all the usual jokes ...

Subject: RE: Tech: BBC News: Banjo used in brain surgery
From: Genie
Date: 16 Nov 08 - 09:52 PM

... and as long as he kept pickin' that banjo, they knew there was still massive brain damage?

Subject: Tech: BBC News: Banjo used in brain surgery
From: Rowan
Date: 16 Nov 08 - 07:22 PM

The link is here.

Cheers, Rowan