Impact of fatigue in surgeons on performance and patient outcome: systematic review

CONCLUSION: Almost half of simulator studies, along with one-third of real-life studies, consistently report negative effects of fatigue, highlighting a significant concern. The discrepancy between simulator/real-life studies may be explained by heightened motivation and effort investment in real-life studies. Currently, published fatigue and outcome measures, especially in real-life studies, are insufficient to fully define the impact of fatigue on surgical outcomes due to the absence of direct fatigue measures and crude, post-hoc outcome measures.PMID:38097353 | DOI:10.1093/bjs/znad397
Source: The British Journal of Surgery - Category: Surgery Authors: Source Type: research