Surgeons’ dominant surgical modality: Impacts on wellbeing, burnout, and interventions for neuromusculoskeletal disorders

This study investigated the impact of surgical modalities on surgeon wellbeing with a focus on burnout, job satisfaction, and interventions used to address neuromusculoskeletal disorders (NMSDs). An electronic survey was sent to surgeons across an academic integrated multihospital system. The survey...

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Published in:The American journal of surgery 2024-11, Vol.237, p.115769, Article 115769
Main Authors: Norasi, Hamid, Kim, Joseph, Hallbeck, M. Susan, Cerri, Petrine E., Elli, Enrique F., Tollefson, Matthew K., Harold, Kristi L., Pathak, Ram A., Pak, Raymond
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Burnout
Burnout, Professional - epidemiology
Burnout, Professional - psychology
Da vinci surgical system
Demographics
Disorders
Endoscopic surgery
Endoscopy
Ergonomics
Female
Females
Gender
Humans
Job Satisfaction
Laparoscopic surgery
Laparoscopy
Male
Middle Aged
Musculoskeletal Diseases - psychology
Musculoskeletal Diseases - surgery
Neuromuscular Diseases - psychology
Neuromuscular Diseases - surgery
Occupational health
Open surgery
Pain
Quality of life
Regression analysis
Robotic surgery
Robotic Surgical Procedures - psychology
Surgeons
Surgeons - psychology
Surgeons - statistics & numerical data
Surveys
Surveys and Questionnaires
Thorax
Variables
Workloads
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Summary:This study investigated the impact of surgical modalities on surgeon wellbeing with a focus on burnout, job satisfaction, and interventions used to address neuromusculoskeletal disorders (NMSDs). An electronic survey was sent to surgeons across an academic integrated multihospital system. The survey consisted of 47 questions investigating different aspects of surgeons’ wellbeing. Out of 245 thoracic and abdominopelvic surgeons, 79 surgeons (32.2 ​%) responded, and 65 surgeons (82 ​%) were able to be categorized as having a dominant surgical modality. Compared to robotic surgeons, laparoscopic (p ​= ​0.042) and open (p ​= ​0.012) surgeons reported more frequent feelings of burnout. The number of surgeons who used any treatment/intervention to minimize the operative discomfort/pain was lower for robotic surgeons than the other three modalities (all p ​
ISSN:0002-9610
1879-1883
1879-1883
DOI:10.1016/j.amjsurg.2024.05.010