So typically surgeries don’t last that long anymore. Having said that, extremely complex surgeries or multi patient surgeries (organ retrieval and transplants) can be very long. Typically the surgeons will plan ahead and have a colleague who scrubs in for a portion of the surgery so they can rest, eat, take a nap etc.
The same occurs for the Anesthesiologists, although it’s more likely they would switch every 12-16 hours as even the most complex operations can be handed over without the risk of major errors.
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Reply to How do shifts work on really long medical operations? by TerjiD
So typically surgeries don’t last that long anymore. Having said that, extremely complex surgeries or multi patient surgeries (organ retrieval and transplants) can be very long. Typically the surgeons will plan ahead and have a colleague who scrubs in for a portion of the surgery so they can rest, eat, take a nap etc.
The same occurs for the Anesthesiologists, although it’s more likely they would switch every 12-16 hours as even the most complex operations can be handed over without the risk of major errors.