Why the study?
Assuring patient safety in emergency general surgery remains challenging because of patients high-risk conditions and wide global variability in surgical care.
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Design
Review article and expert panel proceedings
Supports integrating non-technical skills training in emergency general surgery; leaves open impact on outcomes without prospective trials.
The assurance of patient safety in emergency general surgery remains challenging due to the patients’ high-risk underlying conditions and the wide variability in emergency surgical care provided around the globe. The authors of this article convened as an expert panel on patient safety in surgery at the 8 th International Conference of the World Society of Emergency Surgery (WSES) in Edinburgh, Scotland, on September 7–10, 2021. This review article represents the proceedings from the expert panel discussions at the WSES congress and was designed to provide an international perspective on optimizing teamwork and non-technical skills in emergency general surgery.
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Stahel et al. (2022) studied this question.
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