How Neurosurgeons Navigate Inside The Brain

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  • @SoloJona
    @SoloJona 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8398

    "We need to be very careful"
    *RAMS A DRILL INTO SKULL*

    • @Brainbook
      @Brainbook 5 ปีที่แล้ว +477

      I'll be honest. The skull doesn't care.

    • @xureality
      @xureality 5 ปีที่แล้ว +425

      @@Brainbook the brain behind it certainly does though

    • @skootz24
      @skootz24 5 ปีที่แล้ว +239

      @@xureality Spooky as it looks I'd take that over those old hand crank drills any day. Now THOSE things would probably rattle your cage right up!

    • @Amateur0Visionary
      @Amateur0Visionary 5 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      @@Brainbook Very nice work, sir. If only you could fix my brain. What surgery do you recommend for depersonalization/derealization disorder ;)

    • @Colopty
      @Colopty 5 ปีที่แล้ว +168

      As the text box mentioned during the drilling, it has safety mechanisms that makes it stop drilling the moment it's through the skull, so it's not like they're gonna accidentally turn your brain into sludge.

  • @flszen
    @flszen 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4266

    “There’s nothing gruesome in this video” Well, I’ll watch it anyway.

    • @TT-hd3zi
      @TT-hd3zi 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Ok.

    • @Abdi-uy1kh
      @Abdi-uy1kh 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      cyke klone lame

    • @TheElvisnator
      @TheElvisnator 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ok.

    • @57thorns
      @57thorns 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      It was close enough for me at east. "Inside if the eye" etc is still a bit unnerving even when simulated.
      What they meant was "you will se mri images, but no visible light images of blood and brain tissue".

    • @blindleader42
      @blindleader42 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@wamwamwam Couldn't think of anything yourself, eh? watch?v=EdDQOVpIpQA

  • @debbiehf05
    @debbiehf05 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4698

    During surgery
    Doctor: *touches brain*
    Me: "Stop, ur getting on my nerves"

    • @ChallengeTheNarrative
      @ChallengeTheNarrative 5 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      😑

    • @triple7marc
      @triple7marc 5 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      o k Username checks out

    • @allenkennedy99
      @allenkennedy99 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      ._.

    • @feha92
      @feha92 5 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      neurons*
      nerves would be for a regular surgery, no?

    • @debbiehf05
      @debbiehf05 5 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      @@feha92 shut up nerd

  • @KishoreShenoy1994
    @KishoreShenoy1994 5 ปีที่แล้ว +223

    As a person who has had neurosurgery numerous times, I am very thankful for these doctors and this tech.

    • @joools1953
      @joools1953 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      One surgery (so far 🤞) but I’d be dead without it. ❤❤

    • @Nalia-ch1hx
      @Nalia-ch1hx 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    • @Nalia-ch1hx
      @Nalia-ch1hx 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@joools1953 glad ur still here❤

  • @TowelBun
    @TowelBun 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4539

    "And now we're gonna start drilling!"
    Oh cool, like a tiny hole in the skull?
    6:10 plays...
    Oh.

    • @i.i.iiii.i.i
      @i.i.iiii.i.i 5 ปีที่แล้ว +241

      Looks like as if it could be a nice medieval execution method :)

    • @Overflow066
      @Overflow066 5 ปีที่แล้ว +238

      Towel, yes it is safe. Yes, it is a model. No, it is disturbing.

    • @Eira_
      @Eira_ 5 ปีที่แล้ว +141

      and i thought dentist drills were scary!

    • @The_NSeven
      @The_NSeven 5 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      Oh and the little crack made me very uncomfortable

    • @heyitsmejm4792
      @heyitsmejm4792 5 ปีที่แล้ว +122

      imagine that on an actual operation.. *blood splatter and bone chips all over*

  • @MedlifeCrisis
    @MedlifeCrisis 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6027

    It's not exactly rocket science though is it?

    • @HermanVonPetri
      @HermanVonPetri 5 ปีที่แล้ว +136

      Mitchel & Webb :)

    • @KingJellyfishII
      @KingJellyfishII 5 ปีที่แล้ว +196

      that.. was a terrible pun. But it's so bad it's wrapped round again and it's good again

    • @MedlifeCrisis
      @MedlifeCrisis 5 ปีที่แล้ว +362

      @@KingJellyfishII that is my entire comedy style

    • @blindleader42
      @blindleader42 5 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      @@MedlifeCrisis So bad it's good? Say it ain't so, Rohin.

    • @connorbuchanan9508
      @connorbuchanan9508 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Brain science.

  • @TwilightEpiphany
    @TwilightEpiphany 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2539

    i know the drill's really safe, but the sound and spray from the model still took me by surprise :o

    • @baranxlr
      @baranxlr 5 ปีที่แล้ว +149

      imagine waking up during that

    • @edwithano
      @edwithano 5 ปีที่แล้ว +105

      @@baranxlr my god why did you bring that up now I never want to have to be in that situation

    • @AK-fy1iq
      @AK-fy1iq 5 ปีที่แล้ว +110

      @@edwithano Would you really have wanted to otherwise?

    • @leewhitehead6460
      @leewhitehead6460 5 ปีที่แล้ว +89

      @@baranxlr I'm sure you're awake for some procedures, so they can tell if all's well.

    • @edwithano
      @edwithano 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@AK-fy1iq great point, very great point

  • @Brainbook
    @Brainbook 5 ปีที่แล้ว +130

    If learning more about brain surgery tickles your fancy, come and subscribe to us at th-cam.com/channels/nbPqck6c4yydPKVK0Faf6w.html
    You won't be disappointed!
    Thanks so much to Tom for having us on his channel and to "broken" Bran Smith for filming

    • @luciaryan6063
      @luciaryan6063 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      why is this comment a week old?

    • @fazfoxy1119
      @fazfoxy1119 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@luciaryan6063 unlisted video that he's commented on a week ago (generic Tom scott thing)

    • @luciaryan6063
      @luciaryan6063 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      butterfree24 thanks

    • @HellJustFroze
      @HellJustFroze 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      >1 week ago
      I see brain surgeons have also mastered the power of time travel.

    • @Brainbook
      @Brainbook 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@HellJustFroze have you not watched Dr. Strange yet?

  • @TheVanuPhantom
    @TheVanuPhantom 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1443

    Brain satnav;
    **Please make a U-turn at the next opportunity**

    • @dannypeck96
      @dannypeck96 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Brain or britain? ;P

    • @AltimaNEO
      @AltimaNEO 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      At the round about

    • @TheVanuPhantom
      @TheVanuPhantom 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      The magic roundabout!

    • @lchapo6698
      @lchapo6698 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@dannypeck96 brain

  • @Demiglitch
    @Demiglitch 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12603

    This makes me glad that I don’t have a brain.

    • @keeper1h
      @keeper1h 5 ปีที่แล้ว +84

      Good for you, then! 😆

    • @haze7161
      @haze7161 5 ปีที่แล้ว +185

      I don’t think I’ve ever laughed this much at a comment

    • @trefod
      @trefod 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Epic!

    • @stoic6512
      @stoic6512 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Not true. Everyone has a brain.

    • @fiazbot5921
      @fiazbot5921 5 ปีที่แล้ว +133

      @@stoic6512 r/wooosh

  • @GavinY
    @GavinY 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1063

    can you imagine all the horrifying medical experiments done in historical times to learn about the brain

    • @pinkajou656
      @pinkajou656 3 ปีที่แล้ว +105

      Mostly cutting up dead people I think

    • @anonanon3066
      @anonanon3066 3 ปีที่แล้ว +124

      @@pinkajou656 it was a common headache treatment to drill such a hole into a patients head to "relief pressure"

    • @akfin4763
      @akfin4763 3 ปีที่แล้ว +114

      @@anonanon3066 This is still used in some cases like car crashes and such where the brain gets swollen and the pressure gets too high. Not for regular headaches tho

    • @Aztesticals
      @Aztesticals 3 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      @@pinkajou656 ehh most of our most basic nervous system knowledge involved taking rysse's monkeys and cutting nerves at various points and seeing what stopped working. Same with the brain. Start cutting and see what stopped working

    • @tatithe609
      @tatithe609 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@akfin4763 craniectomy

  • @cry0lite800
    @cry0lite800 5 ปีที่แล้ว +564

    Nothing but respect for Tom and his "The Show Must Go On" mentality, giving his channel to fellow TH-camrs instead of just not uploading for a few weeks. Other channels should take note!!

    • @CubicApocalypse128
      @CubicApocalypse128 5 ปีที่แล้ว +124

      That's because if you just don't upload for a while, The Algorithm will go ahead and schedule your autopsy.

    • @Snaily
      @Snaily 5 ปีที่แล้ว +59

      The best part is that it benefits both parties involved as well as the viewer.

    • @123mickymouse123
      @123mickymouse123 5 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      It's a result of the machine moreso. TH-cam and other social media platforms don't allow you to ever go offline. Doing so could easily spell the end of your career, or for larger channels a heavy economic hit at best.

    • @kamil118
      @kamil118 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@CubicApocalypse128 He's been doing this way before the algorithm change tho

    • @kamil118
      @kamil118 5 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      @Zero Cool What do you mean, it absolutely fits the "things you might not know" series

  • @zanefriedman2032
    @zanefriedman2032 5 ปีที่แล้ว +73

    Thank you for sharing this video Tom. It was impressive and humbling. Medical care really is the most noble application of human effort and technological development. I hope we are all grateful for people like Alex and those who support them.

    • @Brainbook
      @Brainbook 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Thank you!

  • @NoNick1337
    @NoNick1337 5 ปีที่แล้ว +393

    6:47 Cursed Caprisun

    • @jay-tbl
      @jay-tbl 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Stop

    • @scythal
      @scythal 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      **slurp**

    • @lolpop7799
      @lolpop7799 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      The Forbidden Caprisun

    • @annikajohnson5086
      @annikajohnson5086 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Stop.

    • @AminAzv
      @AminAzv 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      mmmhhh... brain juice...

  • @DrunkCat1337
    @DrunkCat1337 5 ปีที่แล้ว +221

    The music makes this feel like an infomercial.

    • @joseislanio8910
      @joseislanio8910 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      DrunkCat and this was the prototype for the juicero

    • @rolfs2165
      @rolfs2165 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Not just the music.

    • @DaedalusYoung
      @DaedalusYoung 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      This video made me purchase a Medtronic StealthStation™ S8.

    • @sion8
      @sion8 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      It is, for brain surgery!

    • @gabiferreira6864
      @gabiferreira6864 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@DaedalusYoung ah yes I can wait for it to arrive so I can perform DIY brain surgery on my niece!

  • @Paulkjoss
    @Paulkjoss 5 ปีที่แล้ว +313

    Brains are awesome - I wish everybody had one

    • @theRPGmaster
      @theRPGmaster 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Judging by the David Bowie pic, you clearly do

    • @violinist86
      @violinist86 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Or used them

    • @jamesharding3459
      @jamesharding3459 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That’s a zinger

  • @regular-joe
    @regular-joe 5 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    I miss when Tom's not hosting, but his picks for stand-ins never disappoint. Great video, delicate subject, well handled!

  • @MyoticTesseract
    @MyoticTesseract 5 ปีที่แล้ว +461

    Alex: "...and start drilling."
    Me: "Ah, a small and precise dri-"
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    • @igorthelight
      @igorthelight 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA!

    • @corinth6402
      @corinth6402 5 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      OH YOU'RE DRILLING INTO ME,
      I CANT PERFORM SURGERY WITHOUT GETTING CLOSER

    • @oldcowbb
      @oldcowbb 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      precision: A

    • @hystericallover5989
      @hystericallover5989 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      killer queen has already touched the skull

    • @helssing05
      @helssing05 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@igorthelight thank you so friggin much

  • @hamsterdam1942
    @hamsterdam1942 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    1:24 "It's a combination of hardware and software"
    Seems like a smartass way to say "a computer"

  • @kadelusk7227
    @kadelusk7227 5 ปีที่แล้ว +187

    My sister just had a brain tumor removed recently . She’s fine now, but that drill part kind of freaked me out and made me laugh.

  • @bipo1040
    @bipo1040 5 ปีที่แล้ว +108

    06:08 People told me to keep an open mind, but I never thought it was like _that_

  • @henrygingercat
    @henrygingercat 5 ปีที่แล้ว +331

    It makes you wonder how Horsley, Cushing and the other pioneers ever had any successful outcomes.

    • @jigzo78
      @jigzo78 5 ปีที่แล้ว +94

      It's just advanced butchery innit

    • @NGNetwork1
      @NGNetwork1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      trial and error?

  • @nkaijkanjii6418
    @nkaijkanjii6418 5 ปีที่แล้ว +139

    6:05 we will calmly continue with this operation, as any minimal mistake could have terrible consequences
    TRRRRŘRRRŘRRRRRRRRRRRRRRŘRRRRRŘRRRRRRRRRRRRRRŘRRRRRŘRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

    • @Contra1828
      @Contra1828 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      "distance past target:2.4 mm"

  • @pablodavidclavijo4609
    @pablodavidclavijo4609 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This channel is a gold mine. I can't believe it has so many years and I've just discovered last year

  • @y_fam_goeglyd
    @y_fam_goeglyd 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    That must be one of the most terrifying but rewarding professions around. Just awesome!

  • @thereedbreed
    @thereedbreed 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Thats actually really cool to see, I had a biopsy of a tumor right in the center of my brain and then a catheter place in the ventricular system. I've been curious how in the world they managed to line all that up.

  • @2threlkeld
    @2threlkeld 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I have a brain tumour, and had 2 Neurosurgical operations in 2019 in which they removed 95% of the tumour. The surgical team did an incredible job and the technology is amazing. Despite the experience that my surgeon had, I had a number of physical disabilities as a result of the surgery, which I have since recovered from - and God healed me of double vision almost instantaneously 4 months later. Thank you for sharing this Tom

  • @tomhopkins9575
    @tomhopkins9575 5 ปีที่แล้ว +294

    It’s always important to be dressed in full scrubs just in case of emergency

    • @Brainbook
      @Brainbook 5 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      No mask though. Glasses keep steaming up.

  • @weesalikesmilktea4829
    @weesalikesmilktea4829 5 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    "It's very safe!" Oh, that's reassuring. I'm no longer freaked out by the fact that the patient's skull gets *drilled right the f*ck into* since I am now aware that it's 'very safe'.

  • @Chrispydummy
    @Chrispydummy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I suffered a brain hemorrhage in my thalamus in 2016 after a surgery in my thalamus to fix a malformation
    And hearing these things are really comforting to hear and watch

  • @edwithano
    @edwithano 5 ปีที่แล้ว +144

    This is really interesting I think I want to be a neurosur.....
    Drill intensifies
    Edward left the chat

  • @dexterrity
    @dexterrity 5 ปีที่แล้ว +95

    Me: "this isn't so bad...."
    *Drilling starts*
    _"what the frick"_

  • @jammasterquo
    @jammasterquo 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Brilliant video. As a Radiographer, seeing how imaging can be used alongside cutting age tech is fascinating. I've seen similar RF tech being used in Orthopaedic procedures to accurately locate screw holes inside patients without using X-Ray.

  • @Skydivingkittens
    @Skydivingkittens 5 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    That drilling scene caught me off guard hahaha

    • @dash8brj
      @dash8brj 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I think a lot of us thought WTF! ;)

  • @Norweeg
    @Norweeg 5 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    1:53 The optical setup uses the same principle the controllers on the Nintendo Wii worked with the sensor bar on top of the TV. Who knew the game Trauma Center was an actual simulator? 😆

    • @UltimateAlgorithm
      @UltimateAlgorithm 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Same technology, just differ in tolerance.

    • @radioactium
      @radioactium 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Exactly what I was thinking. It's just a big Wii sensor bar telling you where you are in someone's head.

  • @PrincipeCaspianX
    @PrincipeCaspianX 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The reason I subscribed is that this has English closed caption or subtitles ,this helps me with my English learning.

  • @mr2octavio
    @mr2octavio 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    It was eerie to see the clear liquid coming out of the last dummy.
    Thanks for the video

  • @aulusive
    @aulusive 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This guy's voice is delightful. Thanks for showing us!

    • @Brainbook
      @Brainbook 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Haha thank you!

  • @DavidHindin
    @DavidHindin 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This was SO neat, Alex - loved it!

    • @Brainbook
      @Brainbook 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks David!

    • @manz007
      @manz007 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Brainbook You actually Looked like " Mo vlogs" (youtuber) in this video...... I dont know why but I thought you did.

  • @busog97641
    @busog97641 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I am SOO glad the editor of this video added the music to it, that made it worth watching, and highly entertaining. 🙄

  • @U014B
    @U014B 5 ปีที่แล้ว +111

    "Next week, we're going from brain surgery to settling on Mars."
    So we _are_ doing rocket science, then.

    • @thefirsttime7759
      @thefirsttime7759 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Rocket surgery*

    • @41-Haiku
      @41-Haiku 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@thefirsttime7759 And Brain Science!

  • @etcsteven
    @etcsteven 5 ปีที่แล้ว +168

    I'll use this to watch my last two brain cells fighting at 2am.

    • @TheElvisnator
      @TheElvisnator 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I'll use this to watch my last two brain cells fighting during a math test

  • @happydawg2663
    @happydawg2663 5 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    This is super interesting and terrifying. As a software developer i trust the surgeon but boy my mind goes wild thinking of bugs.

    • @Brainbook
      @Brainbook 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Oh no don't scare me....

    • @happydawg2663
      @happydawg2663 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@Brainbook Sorry I didn't mean to scare you :). It's just my forma mentis. I never worked on Biomedical IT (which requires a special degree) so do like my username says. When you explained how the system works my brain went automatically on software implementation mode. Cool channel BTW, subbed.

    • @captainheat2314
      @captainheat2314 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@GerardMenvussa Error: 621 Brain Not Found

    • @Brainbook
      @Brainbook 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@happydawg2663 ah thanks mate :) didn't realise it needed a special degree!

    • @Madhattersinjeans
      @Madhattersinjeans 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@captainheat2314 Please update soundcard.

  • @GC-rf2st
    @GC-rf2st 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    These Brain surgeons have such an accurate and delicate touch, if that were me doing the surgery I’d have your eyes out every time from the inside, good job I’m just a heart surgeon?!

  • @Arbrax
    @Arbrax 5 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    this is one of the most interesting things I never knew I needed to know

  • @JSMachineWorks
    @JSMachineWorks 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    That drill is scary af, but incredible at the same time

  • @raxi9619
    @raxi9619 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The sound of the drill at the end send chills down my spine.

  • @hamoodhabibi
    @hamoodhabibi 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is really inspiring how even the smallest nerves can impact your life in a big way, neurology really is incredibly marvelous!

  • @Camboo10
    @Camboo10 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I love your content but I equally love when you leave and get all these guest hosts for me to discover. Medlife crisis is one of my favorites from last year that you introduced me to.

  • @muzgash97
    @muzgash97 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I used this video for my Biomedic Instrumentation presentation and it was great. Thank you!

  • @bepsi6204
    @bepsi6204 5 ปีที่แล้ว +81

    I've always wondered how they didn't do much damage if they twitched slightly

    • @Madhattersinjeans
      @Madhattersinjeans 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The surgeons who don't have the right skill tend to realise it quite quickly.

    • @studiousboy644
      @studiousboy644 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Madhattersinjeans
      That's a good way to say that "neurosurgeons are highly skilled people". I need to learn dis shiet ASAP. I mean the Phrasing... not the Neurosurgical skillz

  • @Acid_8501
    @Acid_8501 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This guy teached me more about needles in my brain then any other topic my teachers discuss

  • @AvixkThePig
    @AvixkThePig 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    It's great having Tom Scott videos regularly while also letting him have a break.

  • @karlsumner5594
    @karlsumner5594 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Fascinating. I am in awe of neurosurgeons. I owe them my life.

  • @ignorasmus
    @ignorasmus 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Modern medicine and doctors are awesome!
    But can we take a moment to also appreciate the physicists and engineers who make it all possible?

  • @matildekathrinelarsen2866
    @matildekathrinelarsen2866 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love this video! As a teen who has gone through neurosurgery it helps me understand exactly what they've done in my head

  • @thatKurtis
    @thatKurtis 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I find the advancements in technology regarding augmentation of humans fascinating and scary alike. I like the idea of increasing the chances for an improved quality of life, but at the same time am stumped of how most covered are still in their baby shoes. The device covered, for example, is designed solely to guide surgeons. The technological side proves complicated, which is not only intriguing for all it's technology,but also proves how insanely complicated such a device have to be to simply decrease chances of error.
    Not quite sure where I was going with this:
    - Me like technology
    - Me scared of how long it will take to create something suphisticated enough to make brain surgery a minor inconvinience
    - Me even more scared of actually getting seriously sick as I had to witness my best friend suffering for years

  • @binneh5593
    @binneh5593 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    It’s so cool how far technology and medicine have come. So much helpful stuff that’s helps diagnose and treat things we couldn’t before

  • @SteelSkin667
    @SteelSkin667 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Tom Scott taking a break = discovering great new channels to subscribe to.

    • @Brainbook
      @Brainbook 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you 🙏

  • @thegreenbikerider6189
    @thegreenbikerider6189 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I work in MRI and provide the scans prior to surgery. It's great to finally see what happens once we finish the scans.

  • @feha92
    @feha92 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    at 3:10 a scan is shown, but the speaker does not mention that it is displayed in two-dimensional slices that achieve three-dimensionality through temporality (the user scrolls through the slices - likely with a scroll-wheel - letting them build a 3d-interpretation through their memory allowing them to mentally conenct the slices into a 3d-model in their mind). While it seems obvious to me after a few seconds of viewing (mostly because I have seen such systems before, although the "eyes and then nose" thing helped make me certain), I am almost certain that this is one of those things most people won't intuitively understand, and instead think it is more like a video-image showing the entire 3d-brain projected to 2d and changing over time. As opposed to a still.
    At least _I_ have had times when I haven't realized such until having it explicitly pointed out to me (though it wasn't brain-scans those times, so no eyes/noses or other known structure to help clue me in).
    Feels like one of those things that are really easy to see as obvious when used to a system, hard to realize when new to it, and where only if you had a very middling experience it is alien enough that one remembers it should probably be mentioned.
    Figured it might make sense to make a note of it so people who didn't realize can do so retroactively. Hence this comment. But maybe adding an annotation to the video would make sense too?

    • @Brainbook
      @Brainbook 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      The video was a lot longer and we had to cut out a lot of that stuff!

  • @adiuntesserande6893
    @adiuntesserande6893 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    As someone who's had two neurosurgeries in the last year -- for Moyamoya Disease; look it up -- this makes me *so* glad I made it through without any personality or health changes! Even with as incredibly safe as this now is, it looks terrifying!

    • @joools1953
      @joools1953 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      My speech is rubbish post surgery but I’m ok. Thank you, neurosurgeons.

  • @tribiz6762
    @tribiz6762 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    School: you need to have steady hands to be a neurosurgeon.
    Actual neurosurgeon: 2:20

  • @Olect
    @Olect 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This was very interest as someone who has a VP shunt in place. I’m amazed I survived before this technology back in the 80s.

  • @emmawright663
    @emmawright663 5 ปีที่แล้ว +69

    Well if that drill isn’t the scariest thing I’ve ever seen then I don’t know what is

    • @Hoch134
      @Hoch134 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Well, start watching eye operations with tiny needles getting inserted!

    • @emmawright663
      @emmawright663 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Hoch134 oh no no no I’ll pass on that one thanks 😂

    • @studiousboy644
      @studiousboy644 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Hoch134 what the fu-

  • @emilkarkucinski7896
    @emilkarkucinski7896 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank you for continuing to make such incredible videos

  • @NEPAAlchey
    @NEPAAlchey 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Even knowing this wasn't a person i was still very tensed up watching this.

  • @wingsofhermes98
    @wingsofhermes98 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    from throwing two drums and a cymbal from a cliff to scientific interviews
    perfection

  • @tomwatts703
    @tomwatts703 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I have a sort of morbid curiosity (don't know if that's the right term) with neurosurgery, I'm generally extremely squeamish but the idea that medical technology has advanced enough that doctors can operate literally INSIDE someone's head is absolutely fascinating to me

  • @al5ayyal911
    @al5ayyal911 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I am very proud to see a Saudi Neurologist in your channel. MBS 4 ever

    • @Brainbook
      @Brainbook 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I'm not Saudi.

  • @lsynno
    @lsynno 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    That drill really makes you appreciate how hard the human skull is.

  • @SOF006
    @SOF006 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is amazing and insane all at the same time, amazing neuro science and technology coming together to save lives.

  • @NorthEevee
    @NorthEevee 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This video makes me feel so uneasy, I want to cry...

  • @RK-zi9fv
    @RK-zi9fv 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is the coolest video I've watched in a long time

  • @maxwelljames3573
    @maxwelljames3573 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Your weeks-off are always beneficial Tom, please take more holidays haha ;)

  • @kkrstudios
    @kkrstudios 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Me after playing surgeon simulator:
    *Oh, so youre not suppose to use an axe*

  • @philliemonara6081
    @philliemonara6081 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    You know. I come home. Want to relax from work. And then this pops up. Thanks I guess, sincerely - a neurosurgical resident. :P

    • @Brainbook
      @Brainbook 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lol sorry

  • @PixelSheep
    @PixelSheep 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Just saw the thumbnail - clicked on it - immediately saw your face! iDK why but i did not expect to land on your channel - but glad I'm here again :D

  • @davidgustavsson4000
    @davidgustavsson4000 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Is it wrong that I'm excited for Tom's vacation? Love the understudies!

  • @ElixirOfRivalry
    @ElixirOfRivalry 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is amazing to watch when I had part of my brain (my left temporal lobe hippocampus) removed just under a year ago and it cured me of epilepsy.

  • @misan2002
    @misan2002 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    1:00 i like that pun ;)

  • @frustrasiian
    @frustrasiian 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Welp. Thanks to this video I now have a solid grasp on Neurosurgery. This info will help me greatly on my black market operations.

  • @EvergreenTransit
    @EvergreenTransit 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Perfect timing, Tom. My uncle had to get a brain tumor removed recently.

  • @richardh3924
    @richardh3924 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I can only say one thing. WOW! Bloody brilliant

  • @xcandle_
    @xcandle_ 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Yayyy, I'm loving these medical crossovers like with medlife crisis

    • @MedlifeCrisis
      @MedlifeCrisis 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Nah that guy was a dickhead

    • @Brainbook
      @Brainbook 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@MedlifeCrisis seconded

  • @tobynsaunders
    @tobynsaunders 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    That was the best neurosurgery dance-music video I've ever seen.

    • @Brainbook
      @Brainbook 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lol thanks?

  • @Its_mr_kai
    @Its_mr_kai 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I have hydrocephalus and watching the drill made the back of my head itch.

    • @tddeyoung
      @tddeyoung 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      My hand went to my shunt scar.

  • @piggugudu1327
    @piggugudu1327 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It must be a stressful job indeed! I really admire those who have the confidence to do this. 😬

  • @kikotanto2980
    @kikotanto2980 5 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    Management needs you to find the diference between these two images:
    Optically Electromagnetically
    They're the same image

    • @ThePinkPansy
      @ThePinkPansy 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      They talking about the tracking method used to find the surgical tools, not the images the location is being displayed on.

    • @kikotanto2980
      @kikotanto2980 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@ThePinkPansy yup, though I was commenting on how infrared radiation (which I believe is used for the "optical" way to track the instruments) , just as visible light and other wavelengths of light, is just a wave in the electromagnetic field, which as its name implies is also the conduit for magnetism, the other way of locating the instruments.
      So technically, whatever the setting's on, it's using something related to electromagnetism

  • @GTFour
    @GTFour 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Incredible technology and procedure. Fascinating and terrifying.

  • @minami3823
    @minami3823 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I had a large tumor removed about 8 years ago when I was 16. It recently has came back and may need surgery again. They told me they were going in microscopically but ended up cutting my skull open cause it was too large. The new one is much smaller and luckily both were located on the edge of my brain not inside. I'm still terrified. I learn if I need another surgery in a few weeks.

    • @johnuferbach9166
      @johnuferbach9166 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Wish you all the best! :)

    • @dominateeye
      @dominateeye 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      How did this turn out, if you don't mind saying?

    • @minami3823
      @minami3823 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@dominateeye my last mri and Dr visit was 3 months ago. No noticeable growth I don't need another MRI for 2 years:)

    • @dominateeye
      @dominateeye 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@minami3823 Happy to hear! Stay well!

  • @shugaroony
    @shugaroony 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Fascinating stuff.

  • @KhAnubis
    @KhAnubis 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Started last year‘s season with a heart doctor and this year‘s with a brain doctor, I see? I like it

  • @jomiar309
    @jomiar309 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    That is absolutely awesome! I have actually wondered this before--glad to finally know how it's done! I do like how...uhm...ungentle the drilling was--cracked me up!

  • @Danuxsy
    @Danuxsy 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Mom: Surgeons are doing a very precise and fine job.
    Surgeons: 6:10

  • @failureblanket8559
    @failureblanket8559 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you for the clip I didn't know I wanted.

  • @trihardFTW
    @trihardFTW 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Ayyy so glad to see brainbook being showcased on a big channel like Tom’s.

  • @h0ckeyd
    @h0ckeyd 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is an awesome video; I've Hydrocephalus and this is essentially how they perform my ops.

  • @Daedalus-_-
    @Daedalus-_- 5 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    "How do neurosurgeons find their way around inside the brain?" Very carefully, I'd imagine

  • @jellewouter
    @jellewouter 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Yaay a new video!!! Love them all!!
    Tom, I would still love it when you come to the Netherlands once again! Would love to meet up.