What do we do when attenuation of cerebral function goes hand in hand with maximally effective surgery?

The ethics of “primo non nocere”, professional responsibility and shared decision making in high-stakes neurosurgery

“…I will describe some underlying constituents of the apparent disagreement between Brennum's team and of Duffau, who criticised their original suggestion in an editorial [2], taking into acount a recent response by Brennum's team [3]. I will complicate the issue on a theoretical level, keeping apart a number of distinct ethics considerations.…”