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Knowing Me, Knowing You: What Can We Learn From Familiar Surgical Teams?

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a non-dedicated team) was shown to reduce total anesthesia time by 30 minutes , with significantly fewer delays related to setting up equipment [ 9 ]. Less familiar teams have been associated with longer postoperative hospitalization in both cardiac and orthopedic surgery [ 12 , 13 ]. The presence of a dedicated laparoscopic team (vs.