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Evaluation of the attitudes of surgeons about regional anesthesia: a survey study.

dc.contributor.authorYılmaz İnal, Ferda
dc.contributor.authorYılmaz, Yadigar
dc.contributor.authorDaşkaya, Hayrettin
dc.contributor.authorToptaş, Mehmet
dc.contributor.authorKoçoğlu, Hasan
dc.contributor.authorUysal, Harun
dc.contributor.authorAkkoç, İbrahim
dc.date.accessioned2023-05-16T15:45:10Z
dc.date.available2023-05-16T15:45:10Z
dc.description.abstractThe intraoperative attending anaesthesiologist ultimately makes decisions about the anaesthesiology technique to be performed, but the attitudes of surgeons and preferences of patients on this subject may affect their choice. In this questionnaire-based study, we aimed to evaluate the attitudes and behaviors of surgeons about the use of regional anaesthesia (RA) in surgical operations.
dc.description.abstractSurgeons from different surgical branches with residencies at 4 different hospitals were asked to complete questionnaires that included reasons for preferring (12 reasons) and not preferring (13 reasons) the use of RA techniques for surgeries, using a 5-point Likert scale.
dc.description.abstractA total of 156 surgeons from 4 hospitals, out of 167 surgeons who were approached to participate in the study, completed the questionnaire. The most commonly observed reason for a preference towards regional anaesthesia among the surgeons was the risk of general anaesthesia for patients with an American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) risk class of III and above. The second most commonly observed reason was for protection from the complications of general anaesthesia, and the third most commonly observed reason was the lower risk of thromboembolisms with regional anaesthesia. The most commonly observed reasons for not choosing regional anaesthesia were found to be incompatibility of the patients and patients' fears of feeling pain during surgery.
dc.description.abstractWe conclude that programmes for informing surgeons and educating patients about the advantages of RA may increase the preference ratio among surgeons and decrease patients' refusals to choose this procedure.
dc.identifier.pubmed31571980
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12645/38023
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectanaesthesiologist
dc.subjectregional anaesthesia
dc.subjectsurgeon’s attitudes
dc.titleEvaluation of the attitudes of surgeons about regional anesthesia: a survey study.
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