TY  - JOUR
T1  - Similar to politics, “safest surgical practice” is local: Comment on “variability in pediatric splenic injury care”
AU  - Colombani PM
Y1  - 2010/11/15
N1  - 10.1001/archsurg.2010.226
JO  - Archives of Surgery
SP  - 1053
EP  - 1054
VL  - 145
IS  - 11
N2  - 
The article by Bowman et al is a thoughtful attempt to assess individual general surgeon practice as an explanation for the much higher rates of splenectomy in hospital settings, outside of children's hospitals. The authors polled actively practicing general surgeons across the United States about their knowledge of “best practice” guidelines for the nonoperative management of splenic injuries in children. In addition, they queried the surgeons about their agreement with said guidelines, the diagnostic testing used, barriers to using these practice guidelines, and their perception of the value of best practice guidelines.

SN  - 0004-0010
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archsurg.2010.226
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archsurg.2010.226
ER  -