Improving Teamwork: Evaluating Workload of Surgical Team During Robot-assisted Surgery.

Journal: Urology
Published Date:

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the cognitive and physical workload experienced by each operating room team member for different types of urologic procedures.

Authors

  • Lora A Cavuoto
    Department of Urology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY; Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY.
  • Ahmed A Hussein
    Department of Urology, Applied Technology Laboratory for Advanced Surgery (ATLAS) Program at Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY; Department of Urology, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
  • Vivek Vasan
    Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY.
  • Youssef Ahmed
    Department of Urology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY.
  • Ayesha Durrani
    Department of Urology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY.
  • Saira Khan
    Department of Urology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY.
  • Adam Cole
    Department of Urology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY.
  • Derek Wang
    Department of Urology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY.
  • Justen Kozlowski
    Department of Urology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY.
  • Basim Ahmad
    Department of Urology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY.
  • Khurshid A Guru