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MRI revealed that he had tumour in the brain.“The tumour was in the critical location of brain – Wernicke’s area – which is part of the brain that is important for language development. It is from this part of the brain that we get power to understand and express our speech,” said Dr Maulik Vaja, the neurosurgeon, who along with his team conducted the complex surgery.“The patient required surgery for excision of brain tumour due to its large size (six cm) and repeated attacks of convulsions. VADODARA: Thirty-four-year-old Bhavik Modi, a pharmacist by profession, has got a new lease of life after successfully undergoing ‘awake craniotomy’, a unique neurosurgical procedure in which a surgeon removes a brain tumour while the patient is awake.The brain tumour was removed successfully and Modi was able to listen, understand and speak during and after surgery.Modi had come to city-based Sterling Hospital with history of two episodes of convulsion before 20 days. We anesthetised the spot by scalp block technique so that the patient is not completely unconscious and does not remain on ventilator during surgery,” he said, adding that the surgery was performed under continuous observation and monitoring of vital parameters by anaesthetist. But operating him under conventional general anaesthesia and considering the tricky location of the the tumour, there was a very high risk of developing aphasia which means permanent neurological disability to understand and speak,” he said.“The surgery was necessary as the condition was causing repeated convulsions and headache..