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Mice that were deprived of sleep before surgery experienced more pain and inflammation afterwards than animals that had slept enough
By Grace Wade
Getting enough sleep before surgery may help recovery
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Not getting enough sleep before having surgery may increase post-operative pain. This suggests that improvements in recovery time may require good amounts of sleep not just after an operation but also before going under the knife.
Maíra Bicca at Johns Hopkins University in Maryland and her colleagues assessed post-operative pain outcomes in sleep-deprived mice to determine how sleep can affect the healing process.
The researchers kept six mice from falling asleep for 9 hours before surgery with several distractions. They introduced new…
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