17.8% (n=29) of attendees Masters Biliary: Safe Cholecystectomy – An Overview of the SAGES Didactic
Cholecystectomy Modules Course reported not managing any patients with uncommon biliary anatomy
over the past 3 months of practice, and another 48.5% (n=79) reported only 1-3 cases. At 3-month
follow-up survey, 25.9% (n=7) of those responding reported not managing any patients with uncommon
biliary anatomy in the interval since the annual meeting, and 59.3% (n=16) reported 1-3 cases. Average
comfort level for managing patients with uncommon biliary anatomy among attendees of the Masters
Biliary: Safe Cholecystectomy – An Overview of the SAGES Didactic Cholecystectomy Modules Course
was 3.9/5 at the post-meeting analysis and 4.1/5 at 3 month follow-up survey.
25.2% (n=41) of attendees Masters Biliary: Safe Cholecystectomy – An Overview of the SAGES Didactic
Cholecystectomy Modules Course reported not having managed any patients initially without
cholecystectomy, and another 46.4% (n=76) reported managing 1-3 patients initially non-operatively
(without cholecystectomy). At 3-month follow-up survey, 18.5% (n=5) of those responding reported
not managing any patients initially without cholecystectomy, and another 37% (n=10) reported 1-3
cases. Average comfort level for managing patients non-operatively among attendees of the Masters
Biliary: Safe Cholecystectomy – An Overview of the SAGES Didactic Cholecystectomy Modules Course
was 4.1/5 at the post-meeting analysis and 4.2/5 at 3 month follow-up survey.
76.10% (n=124) of attendees Masters Biliary: Safe Cholecystectomy – An Overview of the SAGES Didactic
Cholecystectomy Modules Course reported not having any patients to convert from laparoscopic
cholecystectomy to another procedure, and 20.2% (n=33) had to convert between 1-3 patients. At 3
month follow up survey, 74.10% (n=20) of those reporting reported no conversions from laparoscopic
cholecystectomy to another procedure, and 22.20% (n=6) reported 1-3 conversions. Average comfort
level for managing patients converted from laparoscopic cholecystectomy to another procedure among
attendees of the Masters Biliary: Safe Cholecystectomy – An Overview of the SAGES Didactic
Cholecystectomy Modules Course was 4.1/5 at the post-meeting analysis and 4.2/5 at 3 month follow-
up survey.