Why the study?
Does acute intraoperative mental stress reduce technical surgical performance in an attending surgeon?
Population
A single attending surgeon performing surgical procedures
Comparison
Higher acute intraoperative mental stress vs Lower acute intraoperative mental stress
Design
Other
Authors
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Intraoperative stress monitoring merits evaluation; leaves open whether RMSSD-targeted interventions reduce errors.
Does acute intraoperative mental stress reduce technical surgical performance in an attending surgeon?
Higher levels of acute intraoperative mental stress in a surgeon are associated with worse technical surgical performance and increased rates of surgical errors.
Grantcharov et al. (2018) studied this question.
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