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A systematic review of the effect of distraction on surgeon performance: directions for operating room policy and surgical training.

Mentis HM, Chellali A, Manser K, Cao CGL, Schwaitzberg SD. Surg Endosc. 2015 Jul 21; [Epub ahead of print].

This systematic review found that equipment and procedural distractions were the most severe distractionevents during surgery, but irrelevant conversation and movement were the most frequent. This underscores the need to reduce distractions and incorporate management of distractions into surgical education.

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