Decision-Making for the Management of Cystic Lesions of the Pancreas: How Satisfied Are Patients with Surgery?

This study aims to understand patients’ perspectives and satisfaction with choosing surgery for the treatment of pancreatic cystic lesions (PCLs). A 62-question survey was administered to 113 patients who had a resection for a PCL by 12 surgeons at two pancreatic specialty centers (2004–2016). Patients’ final diagnoses and perioperative outcomes were correlated to the survey’s results using univariate analysis. Fear of cancer was quite or...