lung cancer
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: The inclusion criteria for participants were (1) JACS members, (2) surgeons with at least three years of professional experience in thoracic surgery, and (3) surgeons engaged in thoracic surgery in the last three years.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: The exclusion criteria were (1) surgeons who have not been involved in respiratory surgery for more than three years (2) Surgeons who work at our hospital. Because they were related to the surgery of the case used to question. Questions regarding inclusion criteria were asked in the invitation email as well as at the top of the survey web page.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The primary outcome was the mean score of the responses about the possibility of wedge resection for lung cancer, measured on a Likert scale (1 to 5). | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The secondary outcomes were the type of procedure for the resection of lung cancer with sufficient margin under the following conditions: (1) where all the marking procedures are available and (2) at the actual hospital with possible limitation of marking procedure. The participants were asked to choose from four choices; wedge resection, segmentectomy, lobectomy, and others. | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Public ContactHirokazu Yamaguchi
The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine Department of Thoracic Surgery
Outcome results
None listed