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A questionnaire-based study was conducted to further investigate the nature and etiology of work-related pain among urologists in the state of Florida.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Objective<\/jats:title>\n This study aimed to quantify the number of urologists who reported work-related musculoskeletal disorders >25% of the time.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Methods<\/jats:title>\n The Florida Urologic Society Task Force developed a survey based on the Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire, with additional input from Cornell\u2019s ergonomic studies. The Mayo Clinic Survey Research Center conducted the survey and distributed it to 504 members of the Florida Urologic Society in 2023.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Results<\/jats:title>\n The total response rate was 18.6% (94\/504). The primary outcome (number of urologists who reported pain >25% of the time) was 45.3% (34\/75). In total, 32.4% (22\/68) of the respondents reported pain associated with endoscopic surgery >25% of the time, 40.0% (14\/35) reported pain for major open cases, 20.6% (13\/63) reported pain for minor open cases, and 22.7% (5\/22) reported pain for robotic cases. In total, 68.8% (53\/77) of the respondents attributed their work-related pain to uncomfortable operating positions, and 29.9% (23\/77) chose to ignore their pain.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n In this contemporaneous population of Florida urologic surgeons, almost half of the respondents describe having work-related pain >25% of the time. The data show that major open surgery had the highest rate of pain, followed closely by endoscopic surgery. 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