Table 1 Emergency surgeons’ knowledge of artificial intelligence terms and publications, the usefulness of artificial intelligence in clinical practice for emergency and trauma surgeons, and research topics of interest
I cannot define/ distinguish any of them (%) | I can define/ distinguish some of them (%) | I can define/distinguish all of them (%) | I am familiar with more advanced AI concepts than these (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Knowledge of artificial intelligence | ||||
Are you familiar with the following Artificial Intelligence (AI) terms? General and narrow AI, machine and deep learning, supervised and unsupervised learning, computer vision and natural language processing | 48 (23.8) | 100 (49.5) | 40 (19.8) | 14 (6.9) |
No (%) | -I read AI-based surgical articles, but I find them confusing (%) | -I read AI-based surgical articles and I feel comfortable with their details (%) | I read AI-based computer science and engineering articles and find them confusing (%) | I read AI-based computer science and engineering articles and understand them (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Did you read scientific articles on artificial intelligence (AI)? | 56/200 (28) | 39/200 (19.5) | 77/200 (38.5) | 6/200 (3) | 22/200 (11) |
Perioperative decision making (%) | Intraoperative decision making (%) | Improved surgical vision (%) | Surgical practice (%) | Training and education (%) | Surgical robot automation (%) | High technology devices for surgery (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Usefulness of artificial intelligence | |||||||
I think artificial intelligence applications in emergency surgery are useful for | 115 (57.5) | 84 (42) | 107(53.5) | 100 (50) | 120 (60) | – | – |
I think important artificial intelligence research areas in emergency surgery should include | 119(59.5) | 94(47) | 106(53) | 97(48.5) | 123(61.5) | 57(28.5) | 103(51.5) |