Brain Surgery By: Ben Wolter Why do some people need brain surgery? Some people need brain surgery...
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- Brain Surgery By: Ben Wolter
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- Why do some people need brain surgery? Some people need brain
surgery because they have diseases that cant be cured by
medications. Heres a list of a few that can affect the brain and be
critical. Tumor: abnormal growth of cells that normally arent in
the brain, they put pressure to the brain causing problems. Some
tumors even destroy brain cells. Fracture: skull fracture with a
injury or bruise to the brain. Brain Injury: injury affecting the
brain. Infections: infected part of the brain that needs to be
removed.
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- Why is the brain important? The brain needs to be taken care of
because it controls everything you do. The has over 10 billion
brain cells and over 13 trillion connections. The brain has 5 main
parts. The cerebrum is the part of your brain that does the
thinking. It also is about 85% of the weight in your brain. The
cerebellum is in the back of your brain bellow the cerebrum it
controls your balance, movement, and coordination (controls your
muscles). The brain stem is what keeps you breathing. The Pituitary
Gland produces and releases hormones. An example is when you grow
an inch that is because of the Pituitary Gland. The hypothalamus is
the part of your brain that controls your body temperature (which
should be about 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit or 37 degrees
Celsius).
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- Blood After operating doctors need to stop the patient from
bleeding because if they dont stop the patient from bleeding the
patient can die from shock. Doctors use an electric cautery device
to burn the blood vessels when they bleed. They burn the ends of
the blood vessels closed.
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- Being a Brain Surgeon If youre a brain surgeon you have done 4
years of college, 4 years of medical school, a 1 year internship,
and 6 years of brain surgery, then you apply to get your license. A
brain surgeons have scheduled meetings and they have scheduled
operating hours however they can be called whenever needed. A brain
surgeon would have to know the basic medical algorithms. A brain
surgeon doesnt only work on the brain they also work on the spine.
In the operating room it is only you the patient and/ or other
health providers. When you are a brain surgeon you have to take a
boards test every 10 years, some test can range from about 15
minutes to 3 hours. One of the hardest parts of the surgery is
stopping the patient from bleeding because if the patient doesnt
stop bleeding, the patient might die from a shock. Brain surgeons
use an electric cautery device to burn the blood vessels when they
bleed. After surgery it will take about a few days for a healthy
patient to recover. Brain surgeons have a huge range of tools some
are small like a scalpel and big like a operating microscope which
is the size of a kitchen table.
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- Malignant Brain Tumors Malignant primary brain tumors are
cancers that originate in the brain, typically grow faster than
benign tumors, and aggressively invade surrounding tissue. Although
brain cancer rarely spreads to other organs, it will spread to
other parts of the brain and central nervous system.
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- Benign Brain Tumors Benign brain tumors usually have clearly
defined borders and usually are not deeply rooted in brain tissue.
This makes them easier to surgically remove, assuming they are in
an area of the brain that can be safely operated on. But even after
they've been removed, they can still come back, although benign
tumors are less likely to recur than malignant ones.
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- BLS Access the patients level of consciousness LOC. Are they
awake if the patient cant be waken up call 911. Access or see if
the patient is breathing alone or check heartbeat if the patients
not breathing give the patient two breaths pinch the nose and blow
into his/ her mouth twice. If this doesnt work start chest
compressions need to do thirty breath compressions. Brain cells
will die in three to five minutes without oxygen. You do a cycle of
2 breaths for every thirty compressions for minute before
rechecking if the patient has a pulse or can breath on his own. You
do not stop until the patient can breath on his own until help
comes or if the patient is fine stay with him/ her until help
comes.
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- Compare Brain Surgeon: Works on brain and spine. Uses variety
of tools. Sometimes has health providers. Has another doctor numb
or put the patient asleep. Both: Uses a variety of medications.
Internal Medicine: No other health providers. Provides
medications
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- Interesting Facts The first method of brain surgery was where
they would poke a hole into the skull using stone tools. After
operating they would leave the skull how it is with a part missing.
But they thought that was wrong and that it freed evil spirits and
demons. In the year 2000 there were about 8.3 million brain
surgeries. The human brain is 75% water There are more than 100,000
chemical reactions happening in the human brain every second.
Approximately 20% of the total oxygen in the human body is used by
the brain. The brain also uses 20% of the bodys total blood. Humans
grow faster at night because a part of the brain the pituitary
gland releases a hormone at night.
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