Patient plays guitar during surgery in US

Los Angeles: A hospital in Los Angeles in the US has become the first in the world to live-tweet a brain surgery using Vine, Twitter’s new way to share videos online, media re-ports revealed.

The footage shows the patient happily strumming away on his guitar while doctors operate.

Brad Carter, 39, was filmed while surgeons placed a pacemaker implant in his brain on Friday to counteract the effects of Parkinson’s disease.

The tweets of the surgery were accompanied with video that shows each stage of the procedure in brief but graphic clips.

Mr Carter was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease after he developed hand tremors in 2006 which caused him to lose the ability to play his guitar. The operation involves stimulating an area of the brain and implanting a brain pacemaker to treat the condition and essential tremors.

Mr Carter was woken up for part of the procedure and asked to play his guitar to assist the doctors with placing electrodes into the correct position.

In the footage posted online, the musician was seen playing his beloved instrument once again, even singing along, as doctors finish placing electrodes in his brain.

Speaking to the camera, Mr Carter says.”I am excited to play this guitar. (These are) original tunes — one is called Drunk again.” The operation was filmed and live-tweeted to mark the 500th time the medical centre has performed the procedure.