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The schedule for general surgery in OR #4 on Wednesday had a total of three laparoscopic cholecystectomies. The anesthesiologist Dr. Sven thought to himself, “The usual list again.” As a second-year resident, he was often in the laparoscopic OR. He felt confident enough here; he was accustomed to the sequence of events and the surgical and anesthetic considerations for these procedures. He was even acquainted with the individual surgeons and their special desires. “Thank goodness the attending Dr. Harold isn’t operating today,” he thought. Dr. Harold was an exceptionally adept and fast surgeon, who always thought the turnover between the patients was too slow, and, therefore, he put a lot of pressure on anesthesiologists to speed up. Dr. Buster was assigned to the OR today, a less experienced surgeon, who had just become board certified. Dr. Sven knew him from his surgical rotation as an intern. Once a week, they played soccer together on an amateur team.
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Eller, M., Hänsel, M., Domino, K.B., Hübler, M. (2014). Case 16: Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy. In: Hübler, M., Koch, T., Domino, K. (eds) Complications and Mishaps in Anesthesia. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-45407-3_16
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