"This is an exciting time to be involved in promoting a global culture of patient safety among all healthcare providers, particularly for the next generation of physicians and surgeons. Current patient safety protocols continue to fall short of protecting our patients from suffering unintended harm. Our journal provides a forum for reporting, discussing, and designing new patient safety standards for the future."
Aims and Scope
Patient Safety in Surgery is an open access journal that publishes articles on all issues related to safety and quality of patient care in surgery and surgical subspecialties.
The journal provides a scientific platform for specialists from all surgical fields and for other healthcare professionals to report, discuss, debate, and critically review all aspects related to errors, complications, and other safety issues in the management of patients undergoing surgical procedures.
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Inter- and intraobserver agreement of three classification systems for lateral clavicle fractures – reliability comparison between two specialist groups
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Prevalence and root causes of surgical site infections at an academic trauma and burn center in Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study
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The effect of discharge destination and primary insurance provider on hospital discharge delays among patients with traumatic brain injury: a multicenter study of 1,543 patients
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Splenic injury severity, not admission hemodynamics, predicts need for surgery in pediatric blunt splenic trauma
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Complications in colorectal surgery: risk factors and preventive strategies
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The 5th anniversary of the "Universal Protocol": pitfalls and pearls revisited
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Treatment of femoral neck fractures in elderly patients over 60 years of age - which is the ideal modality of primary joint replacement?
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Current issues in patient safety in surgery: a review
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A new journal devoted to patient safety in surgery: the time is now!
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Featured article: Morbidity and mortality meetings to improve patient safety: a survey of 109 consultant surgeons in London, United Kingdom
Morbidity & Mortality (M&M) meetings are a critical component of clinical governance. They have the potential to improve patient outcomes, quality of care, attitudes towards patient safety and they contribute to the education of clinical staff.
In this study, Sinitsky et al evaluated individual surgeons' experience of these meetings and explored their perceived usefulness and barriers to open discussion of adverse outcomes. Findings demonstrated that many surgeons in London do not routinely attended M&M meetings, despite these occurring within 'protected time'.
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Speed
42 days to first decision for reviewed manuscripts only
38 days to first decision for all manuscripts
73 days from submission to acceptance
13 days from acceptance to publication
Citation Impact
0.715 - Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP)
0.402 - SCImago Journal Rank (SJR)
1.400 - CiteScore
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