Do surgeons need to 'warm-up' before operations?
Do surgeons need to 鈥渨arm-up鈥 before they start an operation? New research from the UK shows that skilled surgeons speed up after the first operation of the day - especially if they repeat the same procedure on the next patient. Trainee surgeon Tom Pike 鈥 now at the Northern General hospital in Sheffield 鈥 and cognitive neuroscientist Dr Faisal Mushtaq analysed data from more than a quarter of a million operations to measure the impact of the way surgery is scheduled on a daily operating list. So does Tom have his own warm-up?
(Photo: Surgeons operating, Credit: Getty Images)
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