TY  - JOUR
T1  - The role of general surgery consultations on patient diagnosis and treatment in the Tertiary Medical Center
AU  - Büyükkasap, Çağrı
AU  - Altıner, Saygın
AU  - Kurtoğlu, İbrahim
AU  - Durmuş, Muhammed
AU  - Şahin, Kadir Can
AU  - Tonbuloğlu Altıner, Özge
AU  - Uğraş Dikmen, Asiye
AU  - Yavuz, Aydın
AU  - Pekcici, Mevlüt Recep
AU  - Barlas, Aziz Mutlu
PY  - 2024
DA  - January
DO  - 10.47482/acmr.1346584
JF  - Archives of Current Medical Research
JO  - Arch Curr Med Res
PB  - 14 Mart Tıbbiyeliler Derneği
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 2717-9788
SP  - 36
EP  - 41
VL  - 5
IS  - 1
LA  - en
AB  - Background: The field of general surgery is an important one in medicine. It includes the systems and organs connected to practically every bodily part. Because of this, general surgery is frequently requested for consultation and has a significant role in emergency service applications. The study’s objective is to evaluate general surgery consultations based on their specific attributes.Methods: A retrospective analysis was performed on 814 patients who were consulted at our hospital’s general surgery clinic between January and June 2021. The departments requesting consultation, the reasons for the consultation, the examinations requested before and after the consultation, and the decisions made after the consultation were evaluated.Results: The department that required the most consultation from the general surgery branch was the emergency department with 91.5% the most common reason for consultation is nonspecific abdominal pain with 18.1% has been seen. General surgery consultation in patients presenting with abdominal specific complaints, previously ultrasonography and computed tomography were requested in 88.6% of patients.Conclusion: The fact that physicians request unnecessary consultations and resort to advanced imaging examinations with the reservation of malpractice leads to an increase in both cost and intensity for the health system. Requesting a consultation in conditions where it is more necessary will relieve the intensity of the health system.
KW  - General Surgery
KW  - consultation
KW  - emergency department
KW  - malpractice
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.47482/acmr.1346584
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