Hubby had neck surgery a couple of years ago by one of the great spine surgeons in Los Angeles. He spent the night in the hospital the day before surgery and I got up bright and early and went down there since they never gave us a time.
The surgeon was there at 6 am and started doing surgeries. They finally started on hubby about 8 pm if I remember right. I definitely remember the doc waking me up at midnight to tell me that he was done and okay. Doc laughed when I said......darn, aren’t you tired? He said....this was a short day. He does surgeries twice a week and those are typical surgery days.
remember that in many cases, his assistants opened and closed and this guy has been supervising roomfuls of assistants and doing only some of the trickier surgeries. t
Most scheduled elective surgeries are like this...at least in my neck of the woods