Study quantifies stress of surgeons with different levels of experience

BELGRADE, Serbia — Quantification of surgical stress showed how experience affects emotional control and physiological parameters such as heart rate and breathing rate. Also, in beginner surgeons, stress progressively decreases throughout the day as they perform subsequent operations.
At the Hanusch Hospital in Vienna, a study was performed to assess stress levels of both patients and surgeons during cataract procedures. The Neuromaster system was used to measure stress parameters such as sweating, heart rate and respiration.
“In patients, we could see that stress level was reduced

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