„Minimal access surgery“

Abstract

The soft factors that were analyzed (i.e. marketing, industry-driven, playful approach of the surgeon and appeal of something new) were evaluated as much more important in the surgeons' opinion compared to patient criteria (i.e. patient preferences and cosmetic results). The soft factors are, however, not to be judged as generally negative as they are to a certain extent necessary (marketing), useful (impulses from industry) or are part of the surgical creativity (playfulness). The discrepancies in the medical professional evaluation of the different factors shows that the reasoning and the motivation of the actions are not necessarily identical.

Women’s Perception of Transvaginal Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES)

“…Significant differences in patient perception on NOTES were observed between Asian-Chinese and Western patients. 24 Weigt et al 26 conducted an anonymous survey about NOTES and SPS perceptions among male and female surgeons at hospitals in Central Germany.…”

“…The discrepancies in the medical professional evaluation of the different factors showed that the reasoning and the motivation of the actions are not necessarily identical. 26 Fei et al 27 asked 142 female patients to complete a survey regarding their opinions about transvaginal NOTES and laparoscopic surgery. Among 140 female respondents, 55.7% would choose the transvaginal technique.…”

Women’s Perception of Transgastric and Transvaginal Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES) – Impact of Medical Education, Stage of Life and Cross-Cultural Aspects

“…Health professionals play an important role in informing the patients' decision making. Since other surveys show that 73% of surgeons would not recommend NOTES to their patients and that 91% of the female surgeons see no advantage in transvaginal procedures, 16 the surgeon's opinion are key to the decision making process.…”

“…Different target groups have been surveyed, ranging from broad populations, outpatients, inpatients and obese patients to surgeons and gynecologists. [7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24] To date, the total number of respondents has reached 2704 in China and Korea, 2510 in Europe, 1787 in the USA and Canada and 524 in Australia, reaching more than 7500 subjects polled (Table 1). 7 However, the overall number of respondents alone does not reflect the broad scope of cross-cultural differences and similarities.…”