Authors: W W Hope B O’Dwyer A Adams W B Hooks C A Kotwall T V Clancy
Publish Date: 2013/05/05
Volume: 18, Issue: 4, Pages: 535-542
Abstract
A 16question survey was sent to all program coordinators to distribute to their residents Consent was obtained following a short introduction of the purpose of the survey Comparisons based on training level were made using χ2 test of independence Fisher’s exact and Fisher’s exact with Monte Carlo estimate as appropriate A p value 005 was considered significantThe survey was returned by 183 residents from 250 surgical programs Resident postgraduate year PGY level was equivalent among groups Preferred techniques for open ventral hernia varied the most common 32 was intraabdominal placement of mesh with defect closure Twentytwo percent of residents had not heard of the retrorectus technique for hernia repair 48 had not performed the operation and 60 were somewhat comfortable with and knew the general categories of mesh prosthetics products Mesh choices biologic and synthetic varied among the different products The most common type of hernia education was teaching in the operating room in 87 didactic lecture 69 and discussion at journal club 45 Number of procedures comfort level with open and laparoscopic techniques indications for mesh use and technique familiarity and use of retrorectus repair and type of hernia education varied significantly based on resident level p 005WWH declares these activities not directly related to the submitted work Institution received money for writing articles for eMedicine Institution received money for participating in the Ethicon International Hernia Mesh Registry Institution received money for the review of medical records in legal cases WWH received a SAGES grant in 2012 for a research project still in progress
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