Index Cases in Pediatric Surgery - a National Survey by the Korean Association of Pediatric Surgeons, 2000 -

소아외과의 지수 질환 - 대한소아외과학회 정회원을 대상으로 한 2000년도 전국 조사 -

Membership qualifications and recognition of the subspecialty training programs by the Korean Association of Pediatric Surgeons(KAPS) have been determined by criteria based on the number of neonatal and total pediatric surgical cases registered, since 1989 (Index cases). The numbers are based on a survey of the 14 founding members of the society by Jung et al. in 1987. The current survey is to review the present status of the index cases from 1997 to 1999 among 36 members of the KAPS. Two surveys were undertaken for this study. In the first survey, cases were collected by the registration form, composed of neonatal(N), important pediatric surgical cases (I), tumor and other similar operations(T) and other common pediatric surgical cases(O). Thirty members responded. and the result was discussed at the Topic Discussion section of the 15th Annual Congress of KAPS, 2000. The second survey analyzed additive data, proposed during discussion at the Congress. Twenty-three members responded. This report is the analysis of the both surveys. The average numbers of the cases/year/surgeon of N, I, T, O and total were 19.5, 51.8, 9.5, 77.1 and 356.5. respectively. The number of index cases(N+I+T)/year/surgeon was 80.8. The ratio of (N+I+T)/total cases was 0.3. Seventeen of 30 members have more than 20 cases of N per year. Twelve members have more than 150 cases, and 13 do more than 100 cases of I per year. Fourteen members have more than 10 cases of T per year. Nineteen and 10 members experienced more than 150 and 100 of index cases(N+I+T) per year. A new list of the index cases and coding system are proposed for the future regular update.

대한소아외과학회의 연례 행사인 2000년도 주제토의를 소아외과의 지수 질환으로 정하여 1999년 말 현재 3년 이상의 진료 실적을 가진 대한소아외과학회 정회원 36명을 대상으로 미리 작성된 조사서에 의하여 2차례의 수술 증례 수 등록을 시행하였다. 대상 환자는 1997년부터 1999년 말까지 3년간 수술이 시행된 환자로 하였으며, 1차 조사에서 30명이 응답하였고, 미비점 보완을 위한 2차 조사에는 26명이 응답하여 이 성적을 요약하였다. 본 성적을 바탕으로 향 후 대한소아외과학회의 지수 질환 대상 목록표를 작성 제시하였으며, 이를 코드화 하고자 제안하였다.