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. 2025 Aug 1;112(8):znaf158.

doi: 10.1093/bjs/znaf158.

Under pressure: live observation of ergonomic challenges in the operating room

Julie Hallet^{1

2

3}, Raman Sohi^{4

5}, Sapna Sriram⁶, Shannon Dales⁶, Anna Ding³, Jeremie Larouche^{1

2

3}, Tara Cohen⁷, Susan Hallbeck⁸, Fahad Alam^{4

5}; SORE research group

Collaborators, Affiliations

Collaborators

SORE research group:
Hamid Norasi, James D Helman, Pablo Perez d'Empaire, Marie-Antonette Dandal, Csilla Kalocsai, Agnes Ryzynski, Susan DeSousa, Anna Gombay

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
² Department of Surgery, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada.
³ Evaluative Clinical Sciences, Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada.
⁴ Department of Anesthesia, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada.
⁵ Department of Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
⁶ Integra Health, Toronto, ON, Canada.
⁷ Department of Surgery, Cedars Sinai Medical Centre, Los Angeles, California, USA.
⁸ Kern Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.

PMID: 40794621
DOI: 10.1093/bjs/znaf158

Under pressure: live observation of ergonomic challenges in the operating room

Julie Hallet et al. Br J Surg. 2025.

. 2025 Aug 1;112(8):znaf158.

doi: 10.1093/bjs/znaf158.

Authors

Julie Hallet^{1

2

3}, Raman Sohi^{4

5}, Sapna Sriram⁶, Shannon Dales⁶, Anna Ding³, Jeremie Larouche^{1

2

3}, Tara Cohen⁷, Susan Hallbeck⁸, Fahad Alam^{4

5}; SORE research group

Collaborators

SORE research group:
Hamid Norasi, James D Helman, Pablo Perez d'Empaire, Marie-Antonette Dandal, Csilla Kalocsai, Agnes Ryzynski, Susan DeSousa, Anna Gombay

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
² Department of Surgery, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada.
³ Evaluative Clinical Sciences, Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada.
⁴ Department of Anesthesia, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada.
⁵ Department of Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
⁶ Integra Health, Toronto, ON, Canada.
⁷ Department of Surgery, Cedars Sinai Medical Centre, Los Angeles, California, USA.
⁸ Kern Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.

PMID: 40794621
DOI: 10.1093/bjs/znaf158

No abstract available

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