Nine year-old girl who was battling with a brain tumour, recently underwent a six-hour surgery while playing mobile games and piano. During the major brain surgery, Saumya was fully conscious. Her operation was performed at the Birla Hospital in Gwalior, with a new method of craniotomy, on December 13.

Dr Abhishek Chauhan, who performed the operation with his team, said, 'This operation was critical and we had heard internationally that we can successfully operate patient with the use of the musical instrument by diverting the mind of the patient. So we did the same. As a result, the girl is fine now'. 

Dr Abhishek said that she played the piano for at least six hours and she also played mobile games. She added that she feels much better now.

The doctors said that the nine-year-old had a tumour, which could only be removed by surgery. They also added that it was quite difficult and risky to perform the operation in an unconscious state as there were chances of damaging other nerves of her brain. They, therefore, decided to go for 'Awake Craniotomy' method. 

The doctors said, 'During the operation, Saumya kept playing the keyboard and the team of doctors removed the tumour from her brain without giving her anaesthesia'. 

The doctors had used local anaesthesia, but only to the part of the head which required the operation.