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Voices from the operating room

Surgeons are divided on the wisdom of starting a second operation before the first one is complete. Some say that concurrent surgery is stressful for them and potentially hazardous to patients, while others say that "running two rooms" greatly increases their efficiency and can be done safely. And, for the first time, many of them are talking about concurrent surgery publicly. Read the story.

Produced by Russell Goldenberg and Elaina Natario

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