Development and evaluation of an observational tool for assessing surgical flow disruptions and their impact on surgical performance.

Sarah E Henrickson Parker; Aaron A. Laviana; Rishi K. Wadhera; Douglas A. Wiegmann; Thoralf M. Sundt

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Development and evaluation of an observational tool for assessing surgical flow disruptions and their impact on surgical performance.

February 17, 2010

Parker SEH, Laviana AA, Wadhera RK, et al. World J Surg. 2010;34(2):353-61.

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This study reports on development of a "surgical flow disruption tool" for quantifying and characterizing interruptions during surgery.

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