When Dagmar Turner started playing the violin in the operating room at King's College Hospital, he wasn't making it to the eye; Surgeons asked her to make sure her tumor abilities were not impaired during tumor removal.

The tumor was located in the right frontal lobe, extremely close to areas of the brain that control the subtle movements of the left hand. These regions are very important in violin playing and in some places, there was a strand away from the tumor.

?Violin is my passion. I started playing since I was 10 years old, ?Turner said a few days ago. "The idea that I could never play music broke my heart."

Dr. Keyomars Ashan, a neurosurgeon, had the creative idea.

"We remove about 400 tumors a year and often do patients with language tests, but this is the first time I've asked a patient to play an instrument," he said.

Prior to the procedure, a team of medical experts spent two hours identifying areas of the brain that were activated when she played the violin.

Surgeons successfully removed 90% of tumor mass without impairing Turner's motor skills. She returned home after three days.

"I hope to be back in the orchestra," Turner said after the surgery. She is an instrumentalist for The Isle of Wight Symphony Orchestra.

Source: CNN