Surgeon views regarding the adoption of a novel surgical innovation into clinical practice: systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The haphazard adoption of new surgical technologies into practice has the potential to cause patient harm and there are many misconceptions in the decision-making behind the adoption of new innovations. The aim of this study was to synthesize factors affecting a surgeon's decision to adopt a novel surgical innovation into clinical practice.

Methods

A systematic literature search was performed to obtain all studies where surgeon views on the adoption of a novel surgical innovation into clinical practice have been collected. The databases screened were MEDLINE, Embase, Science Direct, Scopus, the Web of Science, and the Cochrane Library of Systematic Reviews (last accessed October 2022). Innovations covered multiple specialties, including cardiac, general, urology,

SUBMITTER: Konda NN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10807848 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature