Original scientific articleRisk Tolerance and Bile Duct Injury: Surgeon Characteristics, Risk-Taking Preference, and Common Bile Duct Injuries
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Methods
All procedures used to conduct this study were approved by the University of Washington Institutional Review Board. A random sample of 5,000 American College of Surgeons members was selected from the roster of “general surgeons” to receive this mailed survey. The survey content and the mailing methodology have been described in an earlier study.13
Although the JPI risk-taking subscale in its entirety is composed of 20 questions, pilot data from the Pearson study using this risk-taking subscale
Results
A total of 4,100 surveys were mailed. One hundred eight were not post-deliverable and were discounted when calculating response rate. Among surgeons who returned an incomplete survey (n = 303), the most commonly noted reason was retirement (63%), followed by cholecystectomy not being a part of the practice (16.6%), no reason offered (13%), and deceased (7.3%). Total response rate to the survey was 1,756 of 3,992 (44%) and included incomplete surveys returned with a valid reason. After
Discussion
CBDI during LC is a relatively uncommon complication.1, 2 The impact on a patient's quality of life and the subsequent economic and clinical consequences of such injuries are profound.8, 9, 10, 11 Our group recently published results from a survey of US surgeons examining reported differences in practice between routine and selective cholangiographers and found considerable differences with regard to knowledge, use, and opinions about IOC.13 Here we report results of a unique aspect of the
Author Contributions
Study conception and design: Broeckel Elrod, Flum
Acquisition of data: Devlin, Broeckel Elrod, Flum
Analysis and interpretation of data: Massarweh, Devlin, Gaston Symons
Drafting of manuscript: Massarweh, Devlin
Critical revision: Massarweh, Flum
Acknowledgment
We thank the American College of Surgeons for their gracious support of this research.
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