Why the study?
Musculoskeletal disorders are common in surgeons, making the definition of intraoperative ergonomic risk factors essential to protect the surgical workforce.
Musculoskeletal disorders are common in surgeons, and defining intraoperative ergonomic risk factors is important to protect their well-being.
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Surgeon MSD burden warrants ergonomic evaluation; cross-sectional data leaves open causal links and preventive efficacy.
This study highlights the fact that musculoskeletal disorders are common in surgeons and characterizes surgeons' intraoperative posture as well as surgeon pain and fatigue across specialties. Defining intraoperative ergonomic risk factors is of paramount importance to protect the well-being of the surgical workforce.
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Yang et al. (2020) studied this question.
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