Musical Cataract Surgery

I have written about this before, but I saw a new article about it, so I decided to revisit the topic.

In the July 2024 edition of the Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, Paola Rivera and colleagues published a study showing that patient anxiety is reduced by playing music in the operating room.

I have to say that it reduces my anxiety as well! When tense situations come up, having soothing music playing in the background is really helpful. It seems this works for patients, doctors, and probably everyone else in the room too!