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Are orthopaedic surgeons reading radiology reports? A Trans‐Tasman Survey

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posted on 2024-08-23, 00:16 authored by Paul Kruger, Samuel Lynskey, Alasdair SutherlandAlasdair Sutherland
AbstractIntroductionThe attitudes of orthopaedic surgeons regarding radiology reporting is not well‐described in the literature. We surveyed Orthopaedic Surgeons in Australia and New Zealand to assess if they routinely review formal radiology reports.MethodsAn anonymized, 14 question online survey was distributed to consultant surgeons of the Australian and New Zealand Orthopaedic Associations (AOA, NZOA).ResultsTwo hundred respondents completed the survey (Total number of Fellows: 283 NZOA, 1185 AOA). 18.5% of respondents always reviewed the formal Radiology report, 44.5% most of the time, 35% sometimes and 2% never. By imaging modality, MRI reports were the most frequently reviewed (92%), followed by ultrasound (74%) and nuclear medicine (63%). Only 10% of surgeons consulted formal reports for plain radiography. 55% of surgeons were still likely to disagree with the MRI report, followed by 46% for plain radiography. In cases of disagreement, only 21% of surgeons would always contact the reporting radiologist. The majority of Surgeons (85.5%) think there should be more collaboration between the disciplines, although only 50.5% had regular attendance of a Radiologist at their departmental audit.ConclusionsThis survey reveals that the majority of orthopaedic surgeons are not routinely reading radiology reports. This points towards a need for further interdisciplinary collaboration. To our knowledge, this is the first survey directly assessing attitudes of orthopaedic surgeons towards radiology reports.

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Journal

Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology

Volume

63

Pagination

324-328

Location

Australia

ISSN

1754-9477

eISSN

1754-9485

Language

en

Publication classification

C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal

Issue

3

Publisher

Wiley