Impact of minimally invasive surgery on surgeon health
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Surgeons performing live surgical procedures (open/laparoscopic/robotic).Surgery
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN11807724
- Lead Sponsor
- niversity of Leicester
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Ongoing
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 165
Inclusion Criteria
Surgeons:
1. Consultant Surgeons and Gynaecologists
2. Able to consent
3. Patient consents to their surgeon participating in the study
Patients:
1. All patients
2. Able to consent
3. Undergoing intra-abdominal surgery with a procedure expected to last less than 2 hours in duration
4. Aged >18 years
Exclusion Criteria
Patients who do not consent for their surgeon to participate
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The proportion of surgical procedures where all five variables of the assessment tool are captured (continuous heart rate [HR] monitoring; salivary cortisol (taken pre-, intra- and post-operatively); continuous movement sensor monitoring; State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) questionnaire and modified Nordic work-related musculoskeletal symptoms (WMS) questionnaire), taken pre- and post-operatively
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method