Allen Sills

Husband, father, neurosurgeon, MS State Bulldog, triathlete

[Allen Sills @dr_sills]

@lexigamble The numbers have no correlation to function.

[Allen Sills @dr_sills]

Our awake craniotomy webcast preview video on YouTube received 21,555 hits prior to our event! Amazing.

[Allen Sills @dr_sills]

Back in surgery today. Thanks to the 690 and counting who have watched the Awake Craniotomy surgical webcast. What a terrific response!

[Allen Sills @dr_sills]

@LyssaTaylor Yes, it can certainly come back. That's why we follow up with radiation and chemotherapy. #awake

[Allen Sills @dr_sills]

@bjs852 Best of luck to you in school and thanks for tuning in. #awake

[Allen Sills @dr_sills]

@LyssaTaylor We removed all the tumor we could see at the time of the surgery. We assume some cells left behind. #awake

[Allen Sills @dr_sills]

@jmoder The area in which we were working was 3-4 inches in diameter.

[Allen Sills @dr_sills]

Hope you enjoyed our webcast. Thanks to our team and most of all our brave patient.

[Allen Sills @dr_sills]

@bjs852 This surgery took about 3 hours.

[Allen Sills @dr_sills]

@vickyeckenrode We perform 10-12 awake craniotomies a year on average.

[Allen Sills @dr_sills]

The pathologist is a key team member who helps us decide what type of tumor is present. #awake

[Allen Sills @dr_sills]

@rocj Tumor removal doesn't hurt because the brain has no pain receptors.

[Allen Sills @dr_sills]

@crsims re:The tumor is located above the right ear.

[Allen Sills @dr_sills]

@bjs852 re:The surgical tech is the person passing the instruments. The provide the team with all the equipment needed during surgery.

[Allen Sills @dr_sills]

You are seeing the same view that the surgeon gets through the microscope. #awake

[Allen Sills @dr_sills]

The tweezers we are using deliver electric current to the tissue we touch to stop bleeding. #awake

[Allen Sills @dr_sills]

Contact me on Twitter @ dr_sills. #awake

[Allen Sills @dr_sills]

The white stickers on the brain mark important areas. #awake

[Allen Sills @dr_sills]

We expected that the patient's speech would be O.K. We were most worried about her arm. #awake

[Allen Sills @dr_sills]

The electrical stimulation of the brain doesn't hurt. #awake