Deep brain stimulation surgery is a neurosurgical procedure used to treat symptoms such as tremor. The special is going to be hosted by Bryan Gumball and will follow two handheld cameras as well as a robotic camera as surgery is performed on a wide-awake individual.
National Geographic Channel (NGC) is partnering with Pawn Stars producer Leftfield Pictures for the first ever live broadcast of a brain operation.
Using handheld and robotic cameras inside an operating room, the two-hour episode will let the viewers see an awake deep brain stimulation surgery, with real-time live images showing the brain being operated on.
Because the patient is awake, the neurologists know where to target electrodes and then put the patient through a series of tests to determine whether or not they have pinpointed the affected area of the brain.
The special is produced by Leftfield Pictures, with Joe Michaels serving as director. The name of the patient has not been released by National Geographic Channel.
The neurosurgerical team involved for the special includes Dr. Jonathan Miller, UH Case Medical Center’s director of the Center for Functional and Restorative Neurosurgery, Dr. Benjamin Walter, director of the Parkinson’s & Movement Disorders Center and medical director of UH Case Medical Center’s Deep Brain Stimulation Program and neurosurgeon Dr. Jennifer Sweet. Pre-produced informative packages on the brain will also be shown in between.
The medical centre has yet to identify the patient who will undergo the procedure. But none of these may hold a candle to what Nat Geo has plans to do with a few help from Mental Floss. Nat Geo is moving further into new territories like late-night (Neil deGrasse Tyson’s StarTalk) and scripted programming (the period miniseries Saints & Strangers) as well.
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