• ANZ journal of surgery · Dec 2009

    Surgical decision making.

    • David M A Francis.
    • Department of Surgery, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Maharajgunj, Kathmandu, Nepal. dmafrancis@netspace.net.au
    • ANZ J Surg. 2009 Dec 1;79(12):886-91.

    AbstractDecision making is an integral part of surgical practice and is a skill that is as important as the ability to operate. Sound decision making is the result of acquiring 'surgical wisdom', which is achieved through learning, experience and reflection. This paper reviews the processes of surgical decision making with respect to choosing the correct procedure and deciding when to operate, and how operative decisions are made, together with the factors that influence our surgical decisions.

      Pubmed     Full text   Copy Citation     Plaintext  

      Add institutional full text...

    Notes

     
    Knowledge, pearl, summary or comment to share?
    300 characters remaining
    help        
    You can also include formatting, links, images and footnotes in your notes
    • Simple formatting can be added to notes, such as *italics*, _underline_ or **bold**.
    • Superscript can be denoted by <sup>text</sup> and subscript <sub>text</sub>.
    • Numbered or bulleted lists can be created using either numbered lines 1. 2. 3., hyphens - or asterisks *.
    • Links can be included with: [my link to pubmed](http://pubmed.com)
    • Images can be included with: ![alt text](https://bestmedicaljournal.com/study_graph.jpg "Image Title Text")
    • For footnotes use [^1](This is a footnote.) inline.
    • Or use an inline reference [^1] to refer to a longer footnote elseweher in the document [^1]: This is a long footnote..

    hide…