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More complications during afternoon surgery

More complications occur when surgery is performed in the afternoon, according to researchers at Duke University in the US. They reviewed over 90,000 operations and found that medical mistakes were most common when surgery started between 3pm and 4pm and least common with 9am-noon operations.

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