Surgeon all-nighters don't lead to complications: study

By Genevra Pittman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Sleep-deprived surgeons don't make any more mistakes than usual during gallbladder operations, a new study suggests. Whether doctors had been up doing emergency surgery the previous night did not affect a patient's risk of having complications during or after the procedure. Danielle Nash said the findings should be "reassuring" for patients. "Even if they have a surgeon who may be working long hours or is tired, they shouldn't be worried that he isn't capable of performing the surgery to the best of his ability," Nash told Reuters Health.



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