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JULY 19, 2023

Recovering From Surgical Mistakes

Trauma Society Session Adds to Conversation on Coping With Major Errors

By Jenna Basett, PhD

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla.—A session at the 2023 Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma discussed strategies for managing burdensome thoughts and feelings that can come with surgical complications.

“It’s an old adage that the only surgeon that doesn’t have complications is one who is not operating,” said presenter Alec Beekley, MD, a surgeon, a professor of surgery and the chief of the Comprehensive Weight Management Department at Jefferson