Noise in the operating room coincides with surgical difficulty.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Noise in the operating room has been shown to distract the surgical team and to be associated with postoperative complications. It is, however, unclear whether complications after noisy operations are the result of objective or subjective surgical difficulty or the consequence of distraction of the operating room team by noise.

Methods

Noise level measurements were prospectively performed during operations in four Swiss hospitals. Objective difficulty for each operation was calculated based on surgical magnitude as suggested by the Physiological and Operative Severity Score for the enUmeration of Mortality and Morbidity (POSSUM), duration of operation and surgical approach. Subjective difficulty and distraction were evaluated by a questionnaire filled out by the o

SUBMITTER: Peisl S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11482277 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature