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1Department of Abdominal and General Surgery and Oncology, National Cancer Institute, Vilnius, Lithuania
2Institute of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania
3Department of Surgery, University of Connecticut School of Medicine and Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT, USA
4Department of Colorectal Surgery, National Cancer Center, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
5Department of Colorectal Surgery, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
6Department of Colorectal Surgery, King’s College Hospital Foundation NHS Trust, London, UK
7Department of Surgery, Klaipeda University Hospital, Klaipeda, Lithuania
8Health Research and Innovation Science Centre Faculty of Health Sciences, Klaipeda University, Klaipeda, Lithuania
© 2023 Korean Society of Coloproctology
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Conflict of interest
No potential conflict of interest relevant to this article was reported.
Funding
None.
Acknowledgments
The authors wish to thank each and every one who has taken the time and effort to complete the questionnaire. Their contribution is requisite for the study and is therefore highly appreciated.
Author contributions
Conceptualization: AD; Data curation: all authors; Formal analysis: DG, LZ; Visualization: AD, LZ, RF; Writing–original draft: AD, DG, JWNM, PFC; Writing–review & editing: all authors. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
Additional information
This study was presented as a poster at the European Society of Coloproctology (ESCP) conference on September 21–24, 2021, in Barcelona, Spain.
Specialty | Would you undergo an open rectal resection if minimally invasive techniques were available? |
|
---|---|---|
No (%) | Yes (%) | |
Abdominal surgeon | 100 | 0 |
Colorectal surgeon | 86.2 | 13.8 |
Endoscopist | 100 | 0 |
Gastrointestinal surgeon | 100 | 0 |
General surgeon | 75.7 | 24.3 |
Pediatric surgeon | 100 | 0 |
Surgical oncologist | 100 | 0 |
Total | 89.0 | 11.0 |
Priority | Factor for cancer surgery choice | No. of respondents |
---|---|---|
1st | Safety of the procedure | 62 |
2nd | Oncological safety | 49 |
3rd | Experience of the surgeon | 50 |
4th | Quality of life after surgery | 53 |
5th | Early recovery | 45 |
6th | Postoperative pain | 67 |
7th | Cosmesis | 49 |
8th | Cost | 58 |
9th | Other | 124 |