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Cosmetic Plastic Surgery Operations & Music

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Stitching: goes better and faster with music

Everybody recalls the saying, “Music hath charms to soothe the savage breast,” but did you know that music during a surgical procedure can make things go better? (The original quote was “savage breast,” not savage beast.”)

Of course, we’re not dealing with savage anything, but plastic surgeons who’ve likely spent a decade in training.

Some university studies have even found that music during an operation helps patients leave the hospitals sooner.

         (See some plastic surgery before & after pictures.)

The most recent study, was done by Andrew Zang, M.D., a surgery professor at The University of Texas. Dr. Zang asked 15 junior plastic surgery residents to close incisions on pigs’ feet, a tissue similar to human skin. The residents were not told the study purpose and timed. (The pigs’ feet came from a local meat market.)

The next day, the professors told the residents to do the same procedure with music being  either on or off. The plastic-surgeons-in-training could choose their favorite music. If the music was off, the test was repeated with the tunes going.

(We have always preferred classical music while operating.)

As “Captain” of the surgical team, the plastic surgeon gets to choose what O.R. music is played.

Results? The junior residents showed a seven percent shorter closure time with music.

The same stitching test was done again, this time with senior plastic surgery residents. Because they had slightly more experience in wound closure, the senior residents turned in an average 10 percent faster closing time, with their choice of music.

Conclusion: plastic surgeons stitch faster and better when their favorite music is playing.

           (Read the plastic surgery study.)

Is it any wonder that music from classical to rock to jazz is heard in operating rooms worldwide? Other studies have found that surgeon stress is lowered, but the Texas study claims to be the first to measure music’s effect on a surgical task.

          (Look at some non-surgical rhinoplasty before & after pictures.)

The less time a surgery patient is under anesthesia, the better. It can also mean less expense, particularly for long incisions used in a tummy tuck.

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