ArticleScientific reports2024
A prospective study of surgeons' workloads and associated factors in real-world practice.
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- Influence of the Surgeon's First Operation of the Day on Patient Outcomes.Annals of surgery · 2026Article
- Surgeons' stress assessment after surgical mortality: first international validated survey (STRESSURG study).Langenbeck's archives of surgery · 2026Article
- Mitigating occupational hazards: the impact of physical activity on surgeons' physical and mental health - a scoping review.BMC surgery · 2026Article
- Incorporating mixed reality head mounted display technology in biportal endoscopic lumbar surgery: an early feasibility study.Frontiers in surgery · 2026Article
- Rethinking intraoperative blood loss monitoring: a decision-oriented framework for clinically integrated assessment.International journal of burns and trauma · 2026Review
- Ergonomics in percutaneous nephrolithotomy: a comparative analysis of musculoeskeletical and mental workload in prone vs. supine positions with two lithotripters-a pilot study.World journal of urology · 2025Article
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Abstract
New technologies such as laparoscopic and robotic surgery are spreading, and there is a demand for physicians to keep up with novel methods. In contrast to the recent focus on healthcare professional burnout, the mental and physical costs during surgery are not well-understood. We aimed to quantify surgeons' workloads in daily urological surgical practice and clarify potential background factors associated with such workloads. Urologists in Hokkaido, Japan, were invited to this study. Between December 2020 and December 2021, participants repeatedly reported workloads, which were assessed using the National Aeronautics and Space Administration-Task Load Index (NASA-TLX), after each surgery in conjunction with participants' names, patients' backgrounds, their roles (independent operator, operator under supervision, instructor, and 1st or 2nd assistant), and surgical outcomes, via SurveyMonkey
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