Q: Is it possible to stay awake during cardiac surgery?
A: Yes, it is according to http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1250507/Eyes-Wide-Open-Patient-open-heart-surgery-awake.html which was posted on February 12th 2010. It says rather then putting the patient to sleep with an anesthesia they gave him an epidural to the neck, numbing his whole body. It is quoted that "Lead surgeon Dr Vivek Jawali, said they had performed more than 600 operations this way since 1999."
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