Weight-adjusted caffeine and β-blocker use in novice versus senior retina surgeons: a self-controlled study of simulated performance.
Marina RoizenblattPeter Louis GehlbachVinicius da Silveira SaraivaMauricio Hiroshi NakanamiLuciana da Cruz NoiaSung Eun Song WatanabeErika Sayuri YasakiRenato Magalhães PassosOctaviano Magalhães JuniorRodrigo Antonio Brant FernandesFrancisco Rosa StefaniniRafael CaiadoKim JiramongkolchaiMitchell WolfMichel Eid FarahRubens Belfort JuniorMauricio MaiaPublished in: Eye (London, England) (2023)
While caffeine and propranolol were associated with performance changes among novices, only tremor was affected in seniors, without dexterity changes. The pharmacologic exposure impact on surgical dexterity seems to be offset by increased experience.