Violinist having surgery while awake and playing

Posted on April 9, 2010 by Jon Mikel Iñarritu

Roger Frisch, a solo violinist and associate concertmaster for the Minnesota Orchestra, and how he came to Mayo Clinic and Dr. Kendall Lee (neurosurgeon) for relief of a career-threatening tremor.

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4 Responses to Violinist having surgery while awake and playing

  1. long term care quotes says:
    December 15, 2011 at 10:48 pm

    I wonder if he had anesthesia. The surgery may have been painful without it but seeing him awake and playing, can’t help to think of how he gotten through it

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  4. Rigo says:
    April 17, 2010 at 5:10 am

    Very interesting video.
    As a biomedical engineer I´m very interested in this type of engineering applications. Thanks for sharing it.
    Have you ever participated in surgeries like this?

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