Scalpel, suture, iPod.Like most of modern life, surgery has acquired a soundtrack. Surgeons say music relaxes them and focuses their attention, and recent research shows that there are also mild benefits for the patient. Some doctors choose loud rock 'n' roll rock 'n' roll: see rock music. for routine operations and Mozart for trickier ones; others prefer jazz, reggae, or opera. There is even a category known as "closing music"--raucous sounds to suture suture /su·ture/ (soo´cher) 1. sutura. 2. a stitch or series of stitches made to secure apposition of the edges of a surgical or traumatic wound. 3. to apply such stitches. 4. by. Many operating rooms come equipped with a sound system, and surgeons often plug their iPods into speakers. Patients may be given headphones. Brian Jacob, a surgeon at Mount Sinai Hospital Mount Sinai Hospital can refer to:
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , says music helps everyone in the operating room. "You're basically sending a message to the people around you that it's a cool place to be," he says. "I found I get a lot done when I have U2 in the background." Jacob sometimes asks patients for requests, but they usually say that whatever is on is fine: "They want me happy." |
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