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Minimal Invasive Surgery: A National Survey of Its Members by the Korean Association of Pediatric Surgeons
DY Kim, IS Kim, HY Kim, SH Nam, KW Park, WH Park, YJ Park, JH Park, JY Park, JS Park, JY Park, YJ Boo, JM Seo, JY Seol, JT Oh, NH Lee Lee, JH Jang, KH Jung, SY Jung, SE Jung, SM Jung, EY Jung, JH Jung, MJ Cho, KJ Choi, SJN Choi, SO Choi, SH Choi, YM Choi, J Hong
J Korean Assoc Pediatr Surg 2014;20(1):1-6.   Published online June 30, 2014
DOI: https://doi.org/10.13029/jkaps.2014.20.1.1

Minimal invasive surgery (MIS) has rapidly gained acceptance for the management of a wide variety of pediatric diseases. A questionnaire was sent to all members of the Korean Association of Pediatric Surgeons. Thirty one members (25.4%) took part in the survey that included data for the year 2012: demographic details, opinion regarding minimal invasive surgery and robotic surgery, spectrum of minimally invasive operations, and quantity of procedures. 48.4% of the respondents had more than 10 years experience, 35.5% less than 10 years experience, and 16.1 % had no experience. The respondents of the recommend MIS and perform MIS for surgical procedures are as follow; inguinal hernia (61.3%), simple appendicitis (87.1%), complicated appendicitis (80.6%), reduction of intussusceptions (83.9%), pyloromyotomy (90.3%), fundoplication (96.8%), biopsy and corrective surgery of Hirschsprung's disease (93.5%/90.3%), imperforate anus (77.4%), congenital diaphragmatic hernia (80.6%), and esophageal atresia (74.2%). The MIS procedures with more than 70% were lung resection (100%), cholecystectomy (100%), appendectomy (96.2%), ovarian torsion (86.7%), fundoplication (86.8%), hiatal hernia repair (82.6%), and splenectomy (71.4%). The MIS procedures with less than 30% were congenial diaphragmatic hernia reapir (29.6%), esophageal atresia (26.2%), correction of malroatation (24.4%), inguinal hernia repair (11.4%), anorectal malformation (6.8%), Kasai operation (3.6%).

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