As a profession, surgery is both cerebrally challenging and physically taxing, but there are ways surgeons can optimize ergonomics in the operating room and mitigate the strain on their bodies that over time could lead to pain or even a career-shortening injury.
“Work-related musculoskeletal disorders are common among surgeons and they’re going to affect the majority of us at some point in our career,” Katherine Kopkash, MD, the director of oncoplastic breast