Surgical Skill Decay as a Result of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Measurable determinants of surgical skills are the duration of surgery and the number of intraoperative adverse events. By defining this indicators, our study objectively shows that the reduction in the volume of surgeries during COVID-19 resulted in a phenomenon known as surgical skill decay.
Authors
- Tomasz Guzel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0911-7742)
- Natalia Olszewska (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5585-6082)
- Thomas Carus
- Maciej Słodkowski (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3881-5753)
Institutions
- Medical University of Warsaw (PL)
- Central Clinical Hospital (PL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Life
- Published
- 2024-08-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/life14081020
- Primary Topic
- Surgical Simulation and Training
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Warszawski Uniwersytet Medyczny
- Uniwersytet Warszawski