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    Study: Music Played During Surgery Hurts Team Communication

    Music is currently played in approximately 50 percent to 70 percent of surgical operations performed worldwide. In a new study of 20 operations conducted in the UK, repeated requests–for example, for a surgical instrument–were 5 times more likely to occur in surgeries with music than in those without. The findings suggest that music during surgery can lead […]

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