Assessment of surgeon's stress level and alertness using EEG during laparoscopic simple nephrectomy

• Published in: 2013 6th International IEEE/EMBS Conference on Neural Engineering (NER) pp. 452 - 455
• Main Authors: Duru, Dilek Goksel, Deniz Duru, Adil, Barkana, Duygun Erol, Sanli, Oner, Ozkan, Mehmed
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 01.11.2013
• Subjects: Brain modeling; Educational institutions; Electroencephalography; Headphones; Kidney; Stress; Surgery

Laparoscopic simple nephrectomy (LSN) is an accepted treatment modality for nonfunctioning kidneys. Besides decreased postoperative morbidity, LSN is an advantage with decreased analgesic requirements and convalescence. LSN is a highly stressful operation, and the procedure requires high concentrati...