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When sleeping through surgery do you have dreams?

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Dr. Alan Ali answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Surgery/dreams: Depends on how deep your sleep is & how long the surgery is for. Great question!.

Dr Higginbotham and another doctor agreed

Answered 12/18/2013

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