Thoracic Surgery during Pregnancy and Breastfeeding - an Interdisciplinary Consensus Paper

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If thoracic surgery is to remain an attractive career path for young physicians, it is essential to provide opportunities to balance work, residency, and family time. With an increasing proportion of women in thoracic surgery, it has become increasingly important to create a work environment that allows safe employment during pregnancy and breast feeding becomes an important concern.Based on the legal requirements of the German Maternity Protection Act (Mutterschutzgesetz), this interdisciplinary consensus paper was developed by representatives of thoracic surgery, anaesthesiology, and occupational medicine.The vast majority of thoracic operations can be performed by pregnant or breast-feeding surgeons. We established a risk-stratified list of operations with potentially acceptable risk, and a list of operations that pregnant or breast-feeding surgeons should not perform. A checklist aims to aid the individual implementation of thoracic surgery during pregnancy and breast feeding.Thoracic surgery can be performed by pregnant or breast-feeding surgeons when certain protective measures are observed. The prerequisite is the voluntary and independent decision of the surgeon, and the implementation of safety precautions by the employer.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:149

Enthalten in:

Zentralblatt fur Chirurgie - 149(2024), 1 vom: 20. Feb., Seite 128-132

Sprache:

Deutsch

Weiterer Titel:

Operieren in der Schwangerschaft und Stillzeit (OpidS) in der Thoraxchirurgie – ein interdisziplinäres Konsensuspapier

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Metelmann, Isabella [VerfasserIn]
Pietsch, Uta-Carolin [VerfasserIn]
Kappelmeyer, Silke [VerfasserIn]
Wessela, Sven [VerfasserIn]
Niethard, Maya [VerfasserIn]
Klotz, Laura [VerfasserIn]

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Date Completed 07.03.2024

Date Revised 07.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1055/a-2074-7405

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NLM356898423