Annals of surgery
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The purpose of this study was to explore how risk is perceived and experienced by the surgeon and how risk is actively managed in individual practice. ⋯ A framework for understanding surgeon's unique assessment of risk was elaborated. Increased awareness of the factors and strategies identified in this study can foster critical self-reflection by surgeons of their own risk assessments and those of their colleagues, and provide avenues for more explicit educational strategies for surgical training.