Ancona, child operated on for a spinal tumor on the notes of an acoustic piano at 432 hertz

“There have been times when music has tied me completely to the operative field, attempting a deep sense of harmony, merging with the environment that surrounded me. When, for a moment, I left the intraoperative and realized the splendid music being played, I shuddered. I’m not saying install a Grand piano in all operating rooms in Italy, of course, but I think that spreading music during surgical sessions could be the future and be of benefit to everyone. ” Roberto Trignani is the director of the division of Neurosurgery of theTorrette Hospital in Ancona, a department that, in addition to serving adults, has a special responsibility in the area of ​​pediatrics. This afternoon, shortly after 3 p.m., he left the operating room of theSalesi Maternal and Child Hospital (one of the three directors that make up the hospital in the capital of Marche) where he completed the intervention for the removal of a double tumor from the spinal cord in a ten-year-old boy. A delicate operation, although it was not the first time for him, but which was made unique thanks to an experiment never tried in Italy in an operating room. While Trignani and his team performed the operation, the master was within the medical environment. Emiliano Toso, a molecular biologist who created particular compositions, played his piano producing 432hz tones. A perfect exchange of space and harmony: “I recently approached music therapy to understand the effects this could have on patients – adds the Ancona neurosurgeon – and when last summer I attended a performance by Maestro Toso at the theater I joined to him behind the scenes at the end of the concert and launched the proposal. He immediately welcomed it and the effects of the mix between medical and holistic science has been beneficial. In addition to my personal description, there are the benefits to the baby. First, the route of theencephalogram showed different paths, with and without music. During the tour in the room, in addition, blood samples were taken to verify the effect of the biochemical changes in the organism of the little patient and we will soon see the results ”.

The postoperative awakening maneuvers passed without problems, the child woke up naturally and will spend the night in the anesthesia room for the realignment of vital values. Tomorrow you will return to the room of your choice, pediatric oncohematology, waiting to verify the results of the histological examinations on the extracted parts. In the case of minimally invasive masses, the baby could return to a normal life in a few weeks. According to Dr. Trignani, the benefits of the music composed by Maestro Toso are more: “In the nights before the surgery, the child had always great difficulty sleeping due to pain caused by the spinal cord problem. The only way to feel relief was to walk, move, and then stay awake, with direct consequences on your mood and everything else. The night before the surgery we made him listen continuously to the music that we would have radiated in the room and for the first time he fell asleep and he remarried without interruption. Of course, the boy admitted that he has different musical tastes and that he generally appreciates theHeavy metal more than the relaxing music that Emiliano Toso produces, but for all of us we count the effects ”. Six months ago the neurosurgeon at the Ancona hospital stood out for another truly innovative result: a brain awakening operation while the patient, a sixty-year-old cook, knead and prepare. 90 all’ascolana olives in sitting position. Even on that occasion, the operation was technically successful and a few days later the woman was discharged, being able to return to the kitchen of her restaurant.