Benedikt J Braun, Steven C Herath, Maximilian M Menger, Mika F R Rollmann, Tina Histing, Eva Marie Braun
{"title":"[Surgeon well-being and mindfulness-A narrative review on how come, for what reason, why in times of surgeon shortage].","authors":"Benedikt J Braun, Steven C Herath, Maximilian M Menger, Mika F R Rollmann, Tina Histing, Eva Marie Braun","doi":"10.1007/s00104-024-02177-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00104-024-02177-9","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In the Anglo-American world the field of surgeon well-being is already very prominent, while in Germany it is still underrepresented. In this article, we aim to analyze the challenges and factors that affect the well-being of surgeons, including stress, burnout, workload, job satisfaction, autonomy, leadership, teamwork and work-life integration. Additionally, we discuss the connection between surgeon well-being and the shortage of new talent in surgery, which is currently being exacerbated by increasing treatment and physician demands, the age development of specialists and an overall high turnover. Finally, we propose several solutions that can be implemented at individual, institutional and systemic levels to promote and maintain the well-being of surgeons. These include improving working conditions, providing resources and support, promoting resilience and mindfulness and recognizing and appreciating achievements.</p>","PeriodicalId":72588,"journal":{"name":"Chirurgie (Heidelberg, Germany)","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142302401","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Effects of working time recording from the perspective of surgeons].","authors":"Ralf Kramer, Swen Günther, Ilker Yasin Eyüpoglu, Tareq Juratli, Witold Polanski","doi":"10.1007/s00104-024-02154-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00104-024-02154-2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Since 2023 the law in Germany has required that working times are recorded in the field of surgery.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>The consequences of recording of the working hours in surgery are the main topic of this study. The search for ways of harmonization in the team to counteract a limited availability of personnel requires knowledge of the position of surgeons on the issue in question.</p><p><strong>Material and methods: </strong>The study design is based on the situational approach of organizational research and encompasses 20 qualitative interviews and 186 datasets of an online questionnaire with 24 questions. For the evaluation group comparisons were carried out using the ANOVA analysis. The target groups were surgeons working in German hospitals. The study has an explorative character due to the targeted selection of samples.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The results of the online survey showed a strong support for working time recording among surgeons with a general agreement of 82% and a consensus at all levels from residents to medical directors. Less than 50% of the assistants and medical specialists saw an improvement via an in-house dialogue, in comparison to senior physicians and medical directors. The right to compensatory time off by other employees represents a greater burden for senior physicians and chief physicians.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>The decisive result shows that there is a preference for transponder-based systems, especially among surgeons with long working hours. The problems of transparency and the right to compensatory time off, often associated with a lack of personnel, demonstrate the necessity for an improved communication and strategic personnel planning in hospitals. Surgeons have differentiated views on the transparent exchange on the topic of the working hours performed.</p>","PeriodicalId":72588,"journal":{"name":"Chirurgie (Heidelberg, Germany)","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142302305","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
C Benignus, H Griesemann, A Merscher, C Marquardt, S Retter, T Schiedeck
{"title":"[Rare complication of a parastomal hernia in a patient with an ileal conduit].","authors":"C Benignus, H Griesemann, A Merscher, C Marquardt, S Retter, T Schiedeck","doi":"10.1007/s00104-024-02169-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00104-024-02169-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":72588,"journal":{"name":"Chirurgie (Heidelberg, Germany)","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142134653","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Magdalena Holze, Azaz Ahmed, Martin Loos, Christoph W Michalski, Rosa Klotz
{"title":"[Sex differences in pancreatic cancer].","authors":"Magdalena Holze, Azaz Ahmed, Martin Loos, Christoph W Michalski, Rosa Klotz","doi":"10.1007/s00104-024-02150-6","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00104-024-02150-6","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This review article discusses the currently available evidence on the importance of biological and social sex in pancreatic cancer in the context of the operative, perioperative and multimodal treatment. In pancreatic cancer there are gender differences with respect to the incidence, treatment response and prognosis. Sex significantly influences both innate and adaptive immune responses, thereby affecting treatment response and survival rates. Women are less likely to receive systemic treatment and tend to wait longer for surgery but have better perioperative outcomes after pancreatic resection. Overall, female pancreatic cancer patients seem to have longer survival under treatment; however, they report a subjectively lower quality of life and higher disease burden.</p>","PeriodicalId":72588,"journal":{"name":"Chirurgie (Heidelberg, Germany)","volume":" ","pages":"709-714"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141984073","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Gender medicine in peritoneal diseases].","authors":"Franziska Köhler, Beate Rau","doi":"10.1007/s00104-024-02142-6","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00104-024-02142-6","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Diseases of the peritoneum are divided into benign and malignant, whereby malignant diseases are more frequent. The incidence of peritoneal metastases is difficult to determine as they are frequently not listed separately in cancer databases and registries. Peritoneal metastases can be caused by many primary tumors but are particularly frequent in gastric, ovarian and colorectal carcinomas. Systemic chemotherapy shows gender-specific differences in the tolerability, especially gastrointestinal side effects and hematological toxicity occur more often in women. Surgical treatment options in selected patients include cytoreductive surgery with or without hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemoperfusion (HIPEC). The treatment recommendations depend on the primary tumor entity and the stage of the disease. Hysterectomy and/or salpingo-oophorectomy is often necessary during cytoreductive surgery. As the incidence of cancerous diseases is increasing in younger patients, the aspect of fertility is becoming increasingly more important. The iatrogenically induced menopause is another aspect that needs to be addressed after these types of procedures. Women with gastric and colorectal cancer tend to have a slightly better survival rate, especially in localized tumors; however, in advanced tumor stages the survival rates are comparable. Even if gender-specific differences in incidence, treatment response and adverse events are conspicuous, there is so far no exact explanation for these differences. More studies are needed in order to treat both genders as adequately as possible, with low adverse events and to achieve the best possible outcome.</p>","PeriodicalId":72588,"journal":{"name":"Chirurgie (Heidelberg, Germany)","volume":" ","pages":"742-747"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141876860","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Frederike Butz, Charlotte Friederieke Müller-Debus, Martina T Mogl
{"title":"[Gender medicine: endocrine and neuroendocrine diseases : Implications for surgery and perioperative management].","authors":"Frederike Butz, Charlotte Friederieke Müller-Debus, Martina T Mogl","doi":"10.1007/s00104-024-02140-8","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00104-024-02140-8","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Gender medicine is also becoming increasingly more important in the field of surgery of endocrine and neuroendocrine diseases. Gender differences in the incidence, symptoms and disease progression are common to all (neuro)endocrine diseases. Understanding these special features, which include socioeconomic aspects as well as different anatomical and biological factors, is essential for the selection of optimal diagnostics and treatment but in some cases further scientific research is required. To date, there is a paucity of gender-specific recommendations in established guideline recommendations. There is an enormous potential in all areas of endocrine surgery to take advantage of differences between men and women in the diagnostics, surgical treatment and perioperative management. Individualized approaches could lead to improved surgical outcomes, reduced perioperative complications and improved follow-up.</p>","PeriodicalId":72588,"journal":{"name":"Chirurgie (Heidelberg, Germany)","volume":" ","pages":"736-741"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141891154","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Importance of gender medicine for surgery and perioperative management].","authors":"Ines Gockel","doi":"10.1007/s00104-024-02160-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00104-024-02160-4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":72588,"journal":{"name":"Chirurgie (Heidelberg, Germany)","volume":"95 9","pages":"683-684"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142001706","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jonas Dohmen, Nils Sommer, Katrin van Beekum, Jacob Nattermann, Christoph Engel, Jörg C Kalff, Robert Hüneburg, Tim O Vilz
{"title":"[Gender-specific differences in the development of colorectal cancer in Lynch syndrome patients-A systematic review].","authors":"Jonas Dohmen, Nils Sommer, Katrin van Beekum, Jacob Nattermann, Christoph Engel, Jörg C Kalff, Robert Hüneburg, Tim O Vilz","doi":"10.1007/s00104-024-02159-x","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00104-024-02159-x","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Lynch syndrome (LS) is the most frequent hereditary tumor syndrome and is associated with an increased risk of colorectal cancer (CRC). While gene-specific and age-specific differences are considered in patient surveillance, gender-specific risks in the development of CRC have been reported in many studies but are not consistently documented.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>This systematic review aims to investigate gender-specific differences in CRC development among LS patients.</p><p><strong>Material and methods: </strong>A systematic literature search following PRISMA 2020 guidelines was conducted in the PubMed, Ovid, The Cochrane Library and Web of Science databases. A total of 688 studies were screened, and 41 met the inclusion criteria.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Men have a higher risk of CRC and develop CRC earlier compared to women.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>These findings indicate gender-specific differences in the risk of CRC among LS patients, although they do not currently justify separate surveillance strategies.</p>","PeriodicalId":72588,"journal":{"name":"Chirurgie (Heidelberg, Germany)","volume":" ","pages":"696-708"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141984070","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Romina Maria Rösch, Raffaella Griffo, Josephine Berger-Groch, Lena Brendel, Maria Ada Presotto, Isabella Metelmann, Hauke Winter, Laura Valentina Klotz
{"title":"[Deficit of trainees in thoracic surgery : Do we need to adapt or become extinct?]","authors":"Romina Maria Rösch, Raffaella Griffo, Josephine Berger-Groch, Lena Brendel, Maria Ada Presotto, Isabella Metelmann, Hauke Winter, Laura Valentina Klotz","doi":"10.1007/s00104-024-02106-w","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00104-024-02106-w","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Although thoracic surgery is a challenging and versatile surgical specialty, a shortage of qualified and motivated thoracic surgery residents is expected in the coming years. In the inpatient setting, a shortage of approximately 7300 surgeons is expected. Therefore, there is an urgent need to attract more interested young medical students and improve the medical training of our next generation of surgeons.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>To assess the current nationwide status quo among medical students, an online survey with 39 questions on participant demographics, medical education, interest in surgical and thoracic surgery training, and attractiveness of residency was designed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In all, 224 questionnaires were analyzed. Overall, there was a high level of interest in (thoracic-) surgery at the start of training. It should be noted that one third of the respondents did not know that the 'thoracic surgeon' is an independent specialist. This statement raises further questions about the presence of thoracic surgery in medical studies. When asked about typical characteristics that students associate with thoracic surgery, the majority answered 'a high level of practical activity'. The main reason they gave for not pursuing further surgical training was the unfavorable work-life balance.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Students know exactly what they want for their future and where surgery has its weaknesses. They want transparent and practical training, a work-life balance, and recognition of their work and themselves.</p>","PeriodicalId":72588,"journal":{"name":"Chirurgie (Heidelberg, Germany)","volume":" ","pages":"748-755"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11333516/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141181731","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}