Brian Rust of McFarland, Wisconsin, was diagnosed with an intension tremor and slated for surgery in November 2022. What ...

A patient “played” his trombone while awake during a surgical brain procedure at the University of Wisconsin Health.

"My father played trombone and my uncle played trombone, so there is some family history behind it," Brian Rust told CNN. "I just enjoy playing it." Brian Rust is a professional trombone player ...

Rust brought something unusual with him into the operating room to help his surgeon, Dr. Wendell Lake, ensure he was ...

a patient brought his trombone, making the hand movements necessary to play the instrument to ensure the procedure was working.Brian Rust discovered a shake in his hands several years ago ...

Rust is also a musician by hobby, playing in three groups. The first, a band made up of DoIT employees, a brass ensemble in ...

Brian Rust needed a deep brain stimulation procedure ... Wendell Lake, ensure he was targeting the correct parts of his brain. He brought his trombone. Dr. Lake said he would never forget such ...

A man from Wisconsin plays his trombone during a brain procedure to ensure the surgery has the desired effect.