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Subject: How is it possible to do brain surgery without brain impairment?

Date: Mon Mar 30 02:48:00 1998
Posted by Michael Sullivan
Grade level: undergrad
School: Cal Polytechnic State Univ.
City: San Luis Obispo State/Province: CA
Country: USA
Area of science: Medicine
ID: 891247680.Me
Message:

I have two friends who have had brain surgery to remove tumors.
How is it possible to do such surgeries without impairing the higher 
functions of the brain (memory, intelligence, logic, reason, emotion, 
etc.)?
Do such surgeries sometimes lead to such impairments?



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