Meditation music improved the quality of suturing in an experimental bypass procedure

Background Neurosurgeons are vulnerable to additional noise in their natural operating environment. Noise exposure is associated with reduced cognitive function, inability to concentrate, and nervousness. Mediation music provides an opportunity to create a calmer environment which may reduce stress...

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Published in:Acta neurochirurgica 2019-08, Vol.161 (8), p.1515-1521
Main Authors: Muhammad, Sajjad, Lehecka, Martin, Huhtakangas, Justiina, Jahromi, Behnam Rezai, Niemelä, Mika, Hafez, Ahmad
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Background noise
Bypasses
Cognitive ability
Delta Rhythm
Humans
Interventional Radiology
Medical personnel
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Meditation
Meditation - psychology
Minimally Invasive Surgery
Music
Music - psychology
Neurology
Neuroradiology
Neurosurgeons - psychology
Neurosurgery
Neurosurgery - psychology
Neurosurgery training
Neurosurgical Procedures - methods
Neurosurgical Procedures - psychology
Noise
Noise levels
Operating Rooms
Original Article - Neurosurgery Training
Pilot Projects
Stitches
Stress, Psychological - prevention & control
Surgeons
Surgery
Surgical Orthopedics
Sutures
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Summary:Background Neurosurgeons are vulnerable to additional noise in their natural operating environment. Noise exposure is associated with reduced cognitive function, inability to concentrate, and nervousness. Mediation music provides an opportunity to create a calmer environment which may reduce stress during surgery. Methods A pilot study was performed to find a suitable task, meditation music of surgeon’s choice, and operation noise and to reach a certain level of training. For the main experiment, two neurosurgeons with different microsurgical experience used real operation noise and meditation music with delta waves as mediating music. Each surgeon performed 10 training bypasses (five with noise and five with music) with 16 stitches in each bypass. The total time to complete 16 stitches, a number of unachieved movements (N.U.Ms), length of thread consumed, and distribution of the stitches were quantified from the recorded videos and compared in both groups. Results A N.U.Ms were significantly reduced from 109 ± 38 with operation room (OR) noise to 38 ± 13 ( p  
ISSN:0001-6268
0942-0940
DOI:10.1007/s00701-019-03976-4