Association Between Surgeon Stress and Major Surgical Complications.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Surgeon stress can influence technical and nontechnical skills, but the consequences for patient outcomes remain unknown.

Objective

To investigate whether surgeon physiological stress, as assessed by sympathovagal balance, is associated with postoperative complications.

Design, setting, and participants

This multicenter prospective cohort study included 14 surgical departments involving 7 specialties within 4 university hospitals in Lyon, France. Exclusion criteria consisted of patient age younger than 18 years, palliative surgery, incomplete operative time-stamping data, procedures with a duration of less than 20 minutes, and invalid surgeon heart rate variability (HRV) data. Data were accrued between November 1, 2020, and December 31, 2021, with 30-day fo

SUBMITTER: Awtry J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11904709 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature