Surgical Sabermetrics Can Enhance Non-Technical Skills in the Operating Room

Researchers conducted a scoping review to evaluate the evidence for surgical sabermetrics, which refers to digital methods of assessing surgical non-technical skills. From a total of 19,229 articles, 81 studies met the inclusion criteria. These studies utilized 122 distinct objective, digital metrics to assess various non-technical skills, such as cognitive load, situation awareness, communication, teamwork, and leadership. However, no studies focused on measuring intraoperative decision-making. The findings highlight the potential of surgical sabermetrics to enhance surgical performance and patient safety, while also identifying the need for objective assessment of decision-making in future research.