What makes Maurice Ravel's deadly craniotomy interesting? Concerns of one of the most famous craniotomies in history


Kanat A., kayacı s., YAZAR U., Yılmaz A.

ACTA NEUROCHIRURGICA, cilt.152, sa.4, ss.737-742, 2010 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Derleme
  • Cilt numarası: 152 Sayı: 4
  • Basım Tarihi: 2010
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1007/s00701-009-0507-y
  • Dergi Adı: ACTA NEUROCHIRURGICA
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.737-742
  • Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937), the great impressionist-classicist composer of many popular compositions, such as the Bol,ro, suffered from a progressive disease and died following an exploratory craniotomy by Clovis Vincent. The history of his progressive dementia and the contribution of a car accident, following which he was unable to function, have received a certain amount of interest in the neurological literature previously, but his deadly craniotomy was not evaluated from a neurosurgery perspective. The car accident in 1932, with the probable consequence of a mild-to-moderate traumatic brain injury, could be the key event in his life, triggering the loss of his ability to compose. It is clear that he never recovered from his injury and within a year he became completely unable to function. His dementia progressed dramatically. This event needs to be kept in mind. In 1937, Ravel died after the craniotomy performed by Vincent, but only a speculative, retrospective diagnosis is possible since an autopsy was not undertaken.