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The burden of performing minimal access surgery: ergonomics survey results from 462 surgeons across Germany, the UK and the USA
This international study aimed to understand, from the perspective of surgeons, their experience of performing minimal access surgery (MAS), to explore causes of discomfort while operating and the impact of poor ergonomics on surgeon welfare and career longevity across different specialties and tech...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9606063/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35107707 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11701-021-01358-6 |
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description | This international study aimed to understand, from the perspective of surgeons, their experience of performing minimal access surgery (MAS), to explore causes of discomfort while operating and the impact of poor ergonomics on surgeon welfare and career longevity across different specialties and techniques. A quantitative online survey was conducted in Germany, the UK and the USA from March to April 2019. The survey comprised 17 questions across four categories: demographics, intraoperative discomfort, effects on performance and anticipated consequences. In total, 462 surgeons completed the survey. Overall, 402 (87.0%) surgeons reported experiencing discomfort while operating at least ‘sometimes’. The peak professional performance age was perceived to be 45–49 years by 30.7% of surgeons, 50–54 by 26.4% and older than 55 by 10.1%. 86 (18.6%) surgeons felt it likely they would consider early retirement, of whom 83 were experiencing discomfort. Our findings highlight the continued unmet needs of surgeons performing MAS, with the overwhelming majority experiencing discomfort, frequently in the back, neck and shoulders, and many likely to consider early retirement consequently. Innovative solutions are needed to alleviate this physical burden and, in turn, prevent economic and societal impacts on healthcare systems resulting from MAS limiting surgeon longevity. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11701-021-01358-6. |
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spelling | pubmed-96060632022-10-28 The burden of performing minimal access surgery: ergonomics survey results from 462 surgeons across Germany, the UK and the USA Morton, Jonathan Stewart, Grant D. J Robot Surg Original Article This international study aimed to understand, from the perspective of surgeons, their experience of performing minimal access surgery (MAS), to explore causes of discomfort while operating and the impact of poor ergonomics on surgeon welfare and career longevity across different specialties and techniques. A quantitative online survey was conducted in Germany, the UK and the USA from March to April 2019. The survey comprised 17 questions across four categories: demographics, intraoperative discomfort, effects on performance and anticipated consequences. In total, 462 surgeons completed the survey. Overall, 402 (87.0%) surgeons reported experiencing discomfort while operating at least ‘sometimes’. The peak professional performance age was perceived to be 45–49 years by 30.7% of surgeons, 50–54 by 26.4% and older than 55 by 10.1%. 86 (18.6%) surgeons felt it likely they would consider early retirement, of whom 83 were experiencing discomfort. Our findings highlight the continued unmet needs of surgeons performing MAS, with the overwhelming majority experiencing discomfort, frequently in the back, neck and shoulders, and many likely to consider early retirement consequently. Innovative solutions are needed to alleviate this physical burden and, in turn, prevent economic and societal impacts on healthcare systems resulting from MAS limiting surgeon longevity. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11701-021-01358-6. Springer London 2022-02-02 2022 /pmc/articles/PMC9606063/ /pubmed/35107707 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11701-021-01358-6 Text en © The Author(s) 2022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . |
spellingShingle | Original Article Morton, Jonathan Stewart, Grant D. The burden of performing minimal access surgery: ergonomics survey results from 462 surgeons across Germany, the UK and the USA |
title | The burden of performing minimal access surgery: ergonomics survey results from 462 surgeons across Germany, the UK and the USA |
title_full | The burden of performing minimal access surgery: ergonomics survey results from 462 surgeons across Germany, the UK and the USA |
title_fullStr | The burden of performing minimal access surgery: ergonomics survey results from 462 surgeons across Germany, the UK and the USA |
title_full_unstemmed | The burden of performing minimal access surgery: ergonomics survey results from 462 surgeons across Germany, the UK and the USA |
title_short | The burden of performing minimal access surgery: ergonomics survey results from 462 surgeons across Germany, the UK and the USA |
title_sort | burden of performing minimal access surgery: ergonomics survey results from 462 surgeons across germany, the uk and the usa |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9606063/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35107707 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11701-021-01358-6 |
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