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Use of procedure specific preoperative warm-up during surgical priming improves operative outcomes: A systematic
Aoife Feeley1, Iain H Feeley2, Khalid Merghani3
1Department of Surgery, Midland Regional Hospital Tullamore, Co. Offaly, Ireland; Royal College of Surgeons Ireland, Dublin, Ireland.
Background:
Preoperative warm-up in preparation for surgery is a technique used in recognition of similarities between surgeons and performance based professionals. The aim of this review was to evaluate the use of simulation-based preoperative warm-up on surgical performance in the operating room and its impact on both clinical and patient outcomes.
Materials And Methods:
A systematic review of the literature was carried out in accordance with PRISMA guidelines between August-September 2021. In total 15 studies were retrieved.
Results:
Seven studies across general surgery, urology, and vascular surgery used a procedure specific warm-up, with significant improvement in operative performance, rate of errors, radiological and patient-based outcomes. Variables including level of experience and specialty appeared to have no impact on the merits of preoperative warm-up demonstrated.
Conclusions:
While heterogeneity in the benefit of generic warm-up procedures was noted, procedure specific warm-up methods consistently resulted in significantly better operative outcomes.
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