The National Aeronautics and Space Administration-task load index: NASA-TLX: evaluation of its use in surgery.
Stephen W BellJoseph Cherng Huei KongDavid A ClarkPeter CarneStewart SkinnerStephen PillingerPaul BurtonWendy Ann BrownPublished in: ANZ journal of surgery (2022)
The NASA TLX score provides a graded numerical score that that correlated significantly with the surgeon's assessment of the technical difficulty, and with operative duration, intra-operative blood loss and previous abdominal surgery. This novel application of this tool could be employed in both research and teaching settings to score surgical difficulty and monitor a trainee's proficiency over time.