Understanding the safe application of electrosurgery: A cross sectional study of surgeons in KSA
Journal of Taibah University Medical Sciences, ISSN: 1658-3612, Vol: 18, Issue: 3, Page: 595-599
2023
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هدفت هذه الدراسة إلى تحديد ما إذا كان الجراحون في مختلف المستويات والتخصصات على دراية بالاستخدام الآمن والمقبول للجراحة الكهربائية. بالإضافة إلى ذلك، تهدف الدراسة إلى توفير فهم أساسي للجراحة الكهربائية والجراحة بالإنفاذ الحراري. تم اختيار ما مجموعه 83 طبيبا من مختلف التخصصات بشكل عشوائي من عدة مستشفيات في جميع أنحاء المملكة العربية السعودية. أجاب المشاركون على استبيان يحتوي على 16 سؤالا تتناول 10 أسئلة تتعلق بالاستخدام الآمن للجراحة الكهربائية. كشفت دراستنا أن المرشحين إما يفتقرون إلى المعرفة أو لم يكونوا على دراية باستخدام وسلامة الجراحة الكهربائية أحادية القطب وجراحة القطبين من حيث التطبيق. لم يتمكن بعض المرشحين من التمييز بينهم، مما قد يؤدي إلى إصابة المريض تحت إشرافهم. يجب تضمين الجراحة الكهربائية رسميا في برامج التدريب التخصصية في المستشفيات السعودية لزيادة خبرة الجراحة الكهربائية ويجب إعادة اختبار الجراحين بشكل دوري. يمكن استخدام النتائج الموضحة هنا لدفع التعلم. قد يحسن الجراحون مهاراتهم في الجراحة الكهربائية من خلال التقدم على طول منحنى التعلم للوصول إلى ذروتهم. أخيرا، يمكن للجراحين استخدام المحاكيات الجراحية للواقع الافتراضي لممارسة مهارات الجراحة الكهربائية الأساسية والمتطورة. To determine whether surgeons at different levels and in different specialties are aware of the safe and acceptable use of electrosurgery. In addition, we aimed to provide a fundamental understanding of electrosurgery and surgical diathermy. A total of 83 doctors from different specialties were randomly selected from several hospitals across KSA. The participants answered a questionnaire featuring 16 questions that addressed 10 domain questions regarding the safe use of electrosurgery. Analysis revealed that the respondents either lacked knowledge or were unfamiliar with the use and safety of monopolar and bipolar electrosurgery in terms of application. Some respondents were unable to distinguish between the two protocols; this may have resulted in injuries being incurred by patients under their supervision. Electrosurgery should be formally included in specialty surgical Saudi hospital training programs to increase electrosurgery expertise and surgeons should be re-tested periodically. Our findings may be used to drive future learning. Surgeons may improve their electrosurgery skills by progressing along their learning curve to reach their peak. In addition, surgeons can use virtual reality surgical simulators to practice fundamental and sophisticated electrosurgery skills.
Bibliographic Details
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1658361222002232; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jtumed.2022.11.008; http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=85145274584&origin=inward; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36818175; https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1658361222002232; https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jtumed.2022.11.008
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