Music can commonly be heard in operating rooms. Music has been shown to reduce stress in the surgical team and reduces patient anxiety before surgery.
On the other hand, it has been revealed that music can generate negative effects of divided attention that cause distraction in surgical routines, as this study suggests.
Radiohead and tumors
73 different studies with almost 7,000 patients show that music It also contributes to recovery after surgery. Pain, the need for analgesics, anxiety, patient satisfaction and length of stay are factors that are positively influenced when music is played, according to this systematic review of studies on the subject.
And if all this were not enough, it is not unusual for some brain surgeons who operate near parts of the brain that control important functions, such as speech or movement, to keep patients awake. to better determine where the tumor gives way to some vital part.
In the following video, you can hear a patient playing the violin and, finally, another patient playing a very popular musical song on his guitar while he is undergoing surgery: Creep, by Radiohead:
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The news
Music helps surgery be done better (and also helps to know if a tumor is being operated correctly)
was originally published in
Xataka Science
by
Sergio Parra
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