Age-Based Left-Digit Bias in the Management of Acute Cholecystitis

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute, 395 W. 12th Ave., Suite, Columbus, OH, 670, USA.
² Department of Surgery, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute, 395 W. 12th Ave., Suite, Columbus, OH, 670, USA. tim.pawlik@osumc.edu.

Djhenne M Dalmacy et al. J Gastrointest Surg. 2021 Dec.

. 2021 Dec;25(12):3239-3241.

doi: 10.1007/s11605-021-05065-3. Epub 2021 Jun 25.

¹ Department of Surgery, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute, 395 W. 12th Ave., Suite, Columbus, OH, 670, USA.
² Department of Surgery, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute, 395 W. 12th Ave., Suite, Columbus, OH, 670, USA. tim.pawlik@osumc.edu.

No abstract available

Keywords: Cholecystectomy; Cognitive bias; Heuristics; Left-digit bias.

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