Bennett Ian, Khoo Jeremy F, De Viana Daniel, Law Michael
Department of Surgery Princess Alexandra Hospital University of Qld Woolloongabba, Brisbane Queensland Australia.
Translational Research Institute (TRI) Princess Alexandra Hospital Woolloongabba, Brisbane Queensland Australia.
Australas J Ultrasound Med. 2021 Jun 26;24(4):217-224. doi: 10.1002/ajum.12277. eCollection 2021 Nov.
A recent survey of surgeon performed ultrasound usage was conducted amongst registered members of the Breast Surgeons of Australia and New Zealand Society (BreastSurgANZ) and was compared with a previous survey undertaken in 2010 to determine whether patterns of utilization had changed.
From July to September 2019, members of BreastSurgANZ were invited to complete an electronic online survey of personal usage of breast ultrasound focusing on ultrasound equipment access, use of office and intraoperative ultrasound, biopsy interventions and training expectations.
There were 73 respondents to the survey with 45 (61.6%) members indicating access to ultrasound within their practices. Whilst current regular ultrasound usage (68.1%) was only slightly greater than in 2010 (66%), the proportion of respondents not performing any form of needle intervention had increased (62.5% compared to 53% in 2010) and with the proportion of surgeons currently performing >10 biopsies per month decreasing from 10% to only 5.56%. However the percentage of surgeons utilizing intraoperative ultrasound had notably increased since 2010 with 49.3% currently using ultrasound in the operating room compared with only 17% previously. The majority of respondents believed that breast ultrasound training should be conducted through BreastSurgANZ post fellowship training programs.
The overall utilization of surgeon-performed ultrasound amongst BreastSurgANZ members has remained similar over the past 9 years with the performance of needle interventions declining slightly, but with the application of intraoperative ultrasound having increased. An ultrasound training curriculum as part of the BreastSurgANZ post fellowship training program is a necessary imperative.
近期对澳大利亚和新西兰乳腺外科医生协会（BreastSurgANZ）注册会员进行了一项关于外科医生使用超声的调查，并与2010年进行的一项先前调查进行比较，以确定使用模式是否发生了变化。
2019年7月至9月，邀请BreastSurgANZ会员完成一项关于乳腺超声个人使用情况的电子在线调查，重点关注超声设备的获取、诊室和术中超声的使用、活检干预措施以及培训期望。
该调查有73名受访者，其中45名（61.6%）会员表示其所在机构可以使用超声。虽然目前定期使用超声的比例（68.1%）仅略高于2010年（66%），但未进行任何形式穿刺干预的受访者比例有所增加（2010年为53%，目前为62.5%），且目前每月进行>10次活检的外科医生比例从10%降至仅5.56%。然而，自2010年以来，使用术中超声的外科医生比例显著增加，目前有49.3%的外科医生在手术室使用超声，而之前仅为17%。大多数受访者认为，乳腺超声培训应通过BreastSurgANZ的毕业后培训项目进行。
在过去9年中，BreastSurgANZ会员中外科医生进行超声检查的总体使用率保持相似，穿刺干预的实施略有下降，但术中超声的应用有所增加。作为BreastSurgANZ毕业后培训项目一部分的超声培训课程势在必行。
