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ArticleAJOG global reports2023

Does surgeon seniority affect adhesion assessment at cesarean delivery? A prospective study.

Shai Ram, Ziv Shapira, Hila Shalev-Ram, Shira Alon, Roza B Shperling, Margaret J Lipinski, Yariv Yogev, Ariel Many

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Article in AJOG global reports, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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  1. Impact of severe intra-abdominal adhesions on early maternal complications following cesarean delivery.International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics · 2025
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8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Shai RamLis Maternity and Women's Hospital, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Ziv ShapiraLis Maternity and Women's Hospital, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Hila Shalev-RamSackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel (Dr S Ram, Dr Shapira, Dr H Ram, Dr Shperling, Dr Lipinski, Prof Yogev, and Prof Many).
Shira AlonDepartment of Statistics and Data Science, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel (Mr Alon).
Roza B ShperlingLis Maternity and Women's Hospital, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Margaret J LipinskiSackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel (Dr S Ram, Dr Shapira, Dr H Ram, Dr Shperling, Dr Lipinski, Prof Yogev, and Prof Many).
Yariv YogevLis Maternity and Women's Hospital, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Ariel ManyLis Maternity and Women's Hospital, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Tel Aviv University · ILHebrew University of Jerusalem · IL

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundIntraabdominal adhesions may develop following cesarean delivery and are considered a major concern.

objectiveThis study aimed to determine the effect of surgeon seniority in evaluating intraabdominal adhesions at cesarean delivery. STUDY

designA prospective study to estimate interrater reliability between surgeons was conducted. Women who underwent cesarean delivery (January-July 2021) in a single tertiary university-affiliated medical center were included. Blinded questionnaires assessing adhesions were completed by the surgeons. Questions were limited to 4 main anatomic sites and 3 possible categories of adhesion (each site was scored between 0 and 2; the sum score range was 0-8). The surgeons were ranked by increasing seniority (1-4) as: (1) junior residents (less than half of residency completed), (2) senior residents (more than half of residency completed), (3) young attending physicians (attending physicians for <10 years), and (4) senior attendings (attending physicians for >10 years). The weighted percentage of agreement was calculated between the 2 surgeons assessing the same adhesions. Scoring differences between the 2 surgeons (senior vs less senior) were also calculated.

resultsA total of 96 pairs of surgeons were included in the study. The sum interrater reliability found in the weighted agreement tests between surgeons was 0.918 (confidence interval, 0.898-0.938). When scoring differences between surgeons (senior vs less senior) were calculated, nonsignificant difference was found (mean sum score difference of 0.09 with a standard deviation of 1.03 in favor of the more experienced surgeon).

conclusionSurgeon seniority does not affect subjective scoring of adhesion reports.

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interrater reliabilitypost–cesarean delivery complicationpostoperative adhesions

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PMID36876162
PMCPMC9975278
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