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A new study that music during surgery can help patients . The study was conducted by doctors at India's Maulana Azad Medical College. They played flute music to a female patient while she was her gallbladder removed. Before the operation, doctors gave the woman anaesthetic drugs to put her to sleep. Anaesthetics pain signals and totally a patient's muscles while they are asleep. However, even when anaesthetics make us , the part of the brain that helps us stays partly active. Doctors say patients can still music. This patients need fewer painkilling drugs, wake up faster, and are more alert after surgery.

The lead researcher, Dr Tanvi Goel, why music is so helpful to patients having surgery. She said her research "that this is more than just simple background music". She said music was important because it helped patients less pain and need fewer painkillers. Co-researcher Dr Farah Husain . Dr Husain is a senior specialist in anaesthesia. She also a music therapist. She music has an important part to in the operating theatre. She said: "Our aim is early discharge after surgery. Patients need to up clear-headed, alert... and ideally pain-free." She said music pain management and patients' stress after they wake up.

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