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| Research suggests that relaxing music before going under the knife could reduce the amount of sedation needed
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Soothing music before surgery helps patients relax and need less
sedation, a study found.
Just a quarter of an hour of jazz,
classical and piano music before an eye operation was enough to reduce anxiety about the surgery
carried out while the patient is awake.
A pilot study by the Paris-based
Cochin University Hospital used music specifically composed to ease anxiety and
found those who listened to it were more relaxed than others, up to an hour
afterwards.
