Understanding The "Clutch Effect" in Surgery

In January 2025, JAMA Surgery published a paper "Association Between Surgeon Stress and Major Surgical Complications" demonstrating that a stressful event in the first five minutes of a case decreased complications.
What is happening? In this video, we explore "The Clutch Effect" through the prism of the Yerkes-Dodson Curve and an understanding of stress + performance.
Link to JAMA Article here: jamanetwork.co...