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The Intermittent Pneumoperitoneum Scheme of Work Breaks in Complex Laparoscopic Surgery

NCT01009372 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 56

Last updated 2009-11-06

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Many people spanning from air traffic controllers to simple production line workers share regular compulsive breaks to revert fatigue whilst they work. This is uncommon for medical operators - a macho image is still as prevalent in real life as it is in countless TV series.

We report on the first clinical trial on regular intraoperative breaks. For one time we turned our scientific curiosity to ourselves. This included the intraoperative collection of body fluids and required transparency which was not easy to obtain. It was rewarded with striking results: Regular intraoperative breaks lowered significantly the operators stress hormone levels, improved error-performance testing results and musculoskeletal fatigue scores. Subjectively the breaks enhanced the practitioners satisfaction.

Surprisingly the operator's breaks were not at the cost of the patient: because the did not prolong the overall operation time at all and - in our setting- they significantly increased of cardiac output and urine production.

Conditions

  • Stress Physiology
  • Staff Work Load
  • Artificial Pneumoperitoneum
  • Anuria

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

IPP

Institution of intraoperative breaks for the surgeon with release of pneumoperitoneum for patient

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Technische Universität Dresden

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Zurich

    collaborator OTHER

  • Hannover Medical School

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Benno M Ure, PhD · Hannover Medical School, 30625 Hannover

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
4 Weeks
Max Age
14 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-01-31
Primary Completion
2008-02-29
Completion
2009-07-31

Countries

  • Germany

Study Locations

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