title: You had to be there: true stories of humor in the OR.
abstract: This article is a collection of true, funny stories of life in the operating room, submitted by subscribers to a perioperative listserv. Each story illustrates one or more of the three building blocks of humor: surprise, tension, and relationships.
authors.affiliation: Healthsouth Surgery Center of Tucson, AZ, USA.
authors.forename: S E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Tuinstra
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009871:Operating Room Nursing; D014925:Wit and Humor as Topic