Fortbildung von Allgemein- und Viszeralchirurgen in der lebensrettenden Notfallchirurgie. Ergebnisse einer Umfrage unter Operationskursteilnehmern

Hintergrund Die geringe Anzahl operativ zu versorgender Körperhöhlenverletzungen erfordert ein Umdenken in der chirurgischen Aus- und Weiterbildung. Ein entsprechendes Kursformat wird seit 2014 über die DGAV angeboten. Um Berechtigung, Bedarf, Nutzen und Erfolg eines solchen Kursformates zu erheben, erfolgte eine Evaluation durch die bisherigen Kursteilnehmer. Material und Methoden Kursevaluation und zusätzliche Onlinebefragung der bisherigen Kursteilnehmer hinsichtlich Alter, Geschlecht, Ausbildungsstand, Fachrichtung, Versorgungsstufe des Krankenhauses, notfallchirurgischer Erfahrungen, der Häufigkeit chirurgischer Notfallversorgungen, Teilnahme an anderen Kursformaten, Erfahrungen nach der Kursteilnahme, Einschätzung der aktuellen Fort- und Weiterbildungssituation und Finanzierung solcher Kurse. Ergebnisse Insgesamt 142 Kursteilnehmer evaluierten ihre Kursteilnahme, zusätzlich beantworteten 83 den Onlinefragebogen. Über 90 % berichteten von einem nachhaltigen positiven Einfluss des Kurses auf ihr notfallchirurgisches Handeln. Mehr als die Hälfte konnte von konkreten Notfallsituationen berichten, die sie aufgrund der Kursteilnahme besser bewältigen konnten. In der Notfallversorgung erfahrene Chirurgen bewerteten den eigenen Lernerfolg durch die Kursteilnahme signifikant häufiger positiv als ihre weniger erfahrenen Kollegen. Keinen Einfluss auf den Lernerfolg hatten eine Ober- oder Chefarztposition, die Versorgungsstufe des Krankenhauses, das Alter oder Geschlecht der Teilnehmer. Die Mehrheit der antwortenden Chirurgen befürwortet die Integration eines solchen Kursformates in die chirurgische Weiterbildung und fordert hierzu eine finanzielle Unterstützung. Schlussfolgerung Kursformate, in denen notfallchirurgische Strategien und Fähigkeiten vermittelt werden, sind etabliert und werden sehr positiv evaluiert. Die Fort- und Weiterbildung in notfallchirurgischen Fähigkeiten und Kenntnissen liegt im gesellschaftlichen Interesse und zumindest anteilig auch in ihrer Verantwortung.Background Due to a decreasing number of emergency procedures for body cavity injuries, surgical training is inadequate and current educational concepts must be reconsidered. The German Society for General and Visceral Surgery has set up a surgical training course in 2014 to overcome this shortage. In order to assess the eligibility, needs, benefits and success of such a training format, participants were asked to evaluate the program. Material and methods All participants evaluated the course during participation and were later asked to answer an online survey regarding their age, gender, level of surgical education, surgical discipline, level of care of the hospital, emergency surgical experience and frequency of performing emergency surgery, participation in other programs, experiences after participating in the course, rating of the current training curriculum and funding of such courses. Results Out of 142 participants 83 replied to the online survey. Over 90% reported a lasting positive influence of the course on emergency surgical skills. More than half of the responders remembered a clinical situation which they successfully managed due to the skills they gained during the course. Surgeons experienced in emergency treatment felt significantly more benefit than less experienced colleagues. A consultancy position, the level of care of the hospital, age and sex of the participants did not influence the overall benefits reported. The majority of responding surgeons were in favor of including such a training course in surgical education and stipulated public financial support. Conclusion Course formats that mediate emergency surgery strategies and skills are established and well accepted. Training of surgeons in life-saving emergency surgery is in the public interest and is also partly the responsibility of society

Information Hiding and the Complexity of Constraint Satisfaction

This paper discusses the complexity of constraint satisfaction, and the effect of information hiding. On the one hand, powerful constraint satisfaction is necessarily global, and tends to break information hiding. On the other hand, preserving strict information hiding increases the complexity of constraint satisfaction, or severely limits the power of the constraint solver. Ultimately, under strict information hiding, constraint satisfaction on complex objects cannot be guaranteed

Factors influencing the fascial closure rate after open abdomen treatment: Results from the European Hernia Society (EuraHS) Registry

Purpose!#!Definitive fascial closure is an essential treatment objective after open abdomen treatment and mitigates morbidity and mortality. There is a paucity of evidence on factors that promote or prevent definitive fascial closure.!##!Methods!#!A multi-center multivariable analysis of data from the Open Abdomen Route of the European Hernia Society included all cases between 1 May 2015 and 31 December 2019. Different treatment elements, i.e. the use of a visceral protective layer, negative-pressure wound therapy and dynamic closure techniques, as well as patient characteristics were included in the multivariable analysis. The study was registered in the International Clinical Trials Registry Platform via the German Registry for Clinical Trials (DRK00021719).!##!Results!#!Data were included from 630 patients from eleven surgical departments in six European countries. Indications for OAT were peritonitis (46%), abdominal compartment syndrome (20.5%), burst abdomen (11.3%), abdominal trauma (9%), and other conditions (13.2%). The overall definitive fascial closure rate was 57.5% in the intention-to-treat analysis and 71% in the per-protocol analysis. The multivariable analysis showed a positive correlation of negative-pressure wound therapy (odds ratio: 2.496, p < 0.001) and dynamic closure techniques (odds ratio: 2.687, p < 0.001) with fascial closure and a negative correlation of intra-abdominal contamination (odds ratio: 0.630, p = 0.029) and the number of surgical procedures before OAT (odds ratio: 0.740, p = 0.005) with DFC.!##!Conclusion!#!The clinical course and prognosis of open abdomen treatment can significantly be improved by the use of treatment elements such as negative-pressure wound therapy and dynamic closure techniques, which are associated with definitive fascial closure