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A patient in a UK hospital has played the violin while undergoing brain surgery to ensure that crucial hand movement and coordination skills were not damaged by doctors.

The successful operation to remove a tumour was performed at King's College Hospital in London on 53-year-old Dagmar Turner, a violinist in the Isle of Wight Symphony Orchestra.

Ms Turner was brought out of anaesthesia in the middle of the procedure on January 31 to play the instrument.