The STROCSS statement: Strengthening the Reporting of Cohort Studies in Surgery

Agha, Riaz; Borrelli, Mimi R.; Vella-Baldacchino, Martinique; Thavayogan, Rachel; Orgill, Dennis P.; Pagano, Domenico; Pai, Prathamesh; Basu, Somprakas; McCaul, James; Millham, Frederick H.; Vasudevan, Baskaran; Leles, Cláudio Rodrigues; Rosin, R. David; Klappenbach, Roberto; Machado-Aranda, David; Perakath, Benjamin; Beamish, Andrew J.; Thorat, Mangesh A.; Ather, M Hammad; Farooq, Naheed; Laskin, Daniel M.; Raveendran, Kandiah; Albrecht, Joerg; Milburn, James; Miguel, Diana; Mukherjee, Indraneil; Valmasoni, Michele; Ngu, James Chi‐Yong; Kirshtein, Boris; Raison, Nicholas; Boscoe, M. J.; Johnston, Maximilian J.; Hoffman, Jerome R.; Bashashati, Mohammad; Thoma, Achilleas; Healy, Donagh; Giordano, Salvatore; Muensterer, Oliver J.; Kadıoğlu, Hüseyin; Alsawadi, Abdulrahman; Bradley, Patrick J.; Nixon, Iain J.; Massarut, Samuele; Challacombe, Benjamin; Noureldin, Ashraf; Chalkoo, Mushtaq; Afifi, Raafat Yahia; Aronson, Jeffrey K; Pidgeon, Thomas E.

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“…This work has been reported in accordance with the Strengthening the Reporting of Cohort Studies in Surgery guidelines …”

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“…The Vancouver Scar Scale was used to evaluate the scar quality, which included four items (pigmentation, vascularity, pliability and height), each with a higher score indicating more severe scarring (Table ). The Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand (DASH) questionnaire was used to evaluate patients’ ability to perform daily activities with the injured upper extremity.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Dermal regeneration template and vacuum sealing drainage for treatment of traumatic degloving injuries of upper extremity in a single‐stage procedure

Wang³

et al. 2019

ANZ Journal of Surgery

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Background This study aimed to assess the efficacy and safety of a single‐stage procedure using single‐layer Pelnac and defatted avulsed skin for the management of degloving injuries of the forearm and hand. Methods This is a prospective study conducted from March 2013 to May 2017. A total of 15 consecutive patients with degloving injuries of the forearm and hand were treated with a single‐stage procedure using single‐layer Pelnac and defatted avulsed skin as a split‐thickness skin graft. Post‐operatively, scheduled follow‐up was conducted. Results The overall ‘take’ rate of the Pelnac dermal template and the skin graft was 85–100%. No infections, haematoma or seroma were observed during hospitalization and after discharge. At the final follow‐up, patients’ subjective satisfaction with the aesthetic appearance of the grafted areas was, on average, 71.0 (SD 8.0, range 55–92). The Vancouver Scar Scale value was 2.1 (SD 1.8, range 1.0–5.5), representing a good result. The response of ‘normal or near normal’ to the sensory recovery was obtained for 13 patients and ‘slight loss’ for two patients. The average Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand score was 21.2 (SD 13.5, range 0–53), and most patients (14/15) regained the ability to perform the daily activities without pain or restriction by tissue adhesion. Conclusion This single‐stage procedure represents an effective technique for the management of degloving injuries of the forearm and hand and should be considered an alternative to other reconstructive procedures.

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“…This work has been reported in accordance with the Strengthening the Reporting of Cohort Studies in Surgery guidelines …”

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confidence: 82%

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confidence: 99%

Dermal regeneration template and vacuum sealing drainage for treatment of traumatic degloving injuries of upper extremity in a single‐stage procedure

Wang³

et al. 2019

ANZ Journal of Surgery

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“…This process will continue until all the items achieve the set inclusion standard and agreement (Agha et al . ). A summarized result of each Delphi round will be shared with PDG members.…”

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A protocol for developing reporting guidelines for laboratory studies in Endodontology

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Laboratory‐based research studies are the most common form of research endeavour and make up the majority of manuscripts that are submitted for publication in the field of Endodontology. The scientific information derived from laboratory studies can be used to design a wide range of subsequent studies and clinical trials and may have translational potential to benefit clinical practice. Unfortunately, the majority of laboratory‐based articles submitted for publication fail the peer‐review step, because unacceptable flaws or substantial limitations are identified. Even when apparently well‐conducted laboratory‐based articles are peer‐reviewed, they can often require substantial corrections prior to the publication. It is apparent that some authors and reviewers may lack the training and experience to have developed a systematic approach to evaluate the quality of laboratory studies. Occasionally, even accepted manuscripts contain limitations that may compromise interpretation of data. To help authors avoid manuscript rejection and correction pitfalls, and to aid editors/reviewers to evaluate manuscripts systematically, the purpose of this project is to establish and publish quality guidelines for authors to report laboratory studies in the field of Endodontology so that the highest standards are achieved. The new guidelines will be named–‘Preferred Reporting Items for Laboratory studies in Endodontology’ (PRILE). A steering committee was assembled by the project leads to develop the guidelines through a five‐phase consensus process. The committee will identify new items as well as review and adapt items from existing guidelines. The items forming the draft guidelines will be reviewed and refined by a PRILE Delphi Group (PDG). The items will be evaluated by the PDG on a nine‐point Likert scale for relevance and inclusion. The agreed items will then be discussed by a PRILE face‐to‐face consensus meeting group (PFCMG) formed by 20 individuals to further refine the guidelines. This will be subject to final approval by the steering committee. The approved PRILE guidelines will be disseminated through publication in relevant journals, presented at congresses/meetings, and be freely available on a dedicated website. Feedback and comments will be solicited from researchers, editors and peer reviewers, who are invited to contact the steering committee with comments to help them update the guidelines periodically.

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“…Outcomes of interest were 30-day mortality, 30-day stroke rate, operation time and overall complication rate. This work has been reported in line with the STROCSS criteria [18] and registered in a publically accessible database (UIN: researchregistry4374).…”

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Patient outcomes following carotid endarterectomy are not adversely affected by surgical trainees’ operative involvement: A retrospective cohort study

Brown

Anderson

Bhattacharya

2019

Annals of Medicine and Surgery

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BackgroundSurgical training is an increasingly controversial topic. Concerns have been raised about both training opportunities becoming scarcer and poorer outcomes in operations led by surgical trainees; despite the evidence base for this being mixed. This retrospective cohort study aims to compare outcomes following carotid endarterectomy in patients who were operated on by a surgical trainee to those operated on by consultants.Materials and methodsConsecutive patients, who underwent carotid endarterectomy between 01/06/2012 and 1/12/2016, were entered into a prospectively maintained database. Patients were grouped according to whether a consultant or trainee vascular surgeon was the lead operating surgeon. Outcomes were 30-day mortality, 30-day stroke rate, operation time and complication rate.ResultsOne-hundred-and-twenty-one patients, with a mean age of 70.3 years, underwent carotid endarterectomy over a 4.5-year period. They were classified by the grade of the lead operating surgeon: consultant (n = 74) or registrar (n = 47). The median operative time was 117 min for consultants and 115 min for registrars with no significant difference between the two groups (p = 0.78). Three patients died in the post-op period, 2 secondary to post-operative stroke and a further 5 had nonfatal strokes. Grade of surgeon was also found to have no impact on 30- day mortality (p = 0.99) or stroke rate (p = 0.99). Sixty-six patients experienced post-operative complications, of varying severity, but no significant difference (p = 0.66) was found in incidence between trainee (57%) and consultant (53%) groups.ConclusionTrainee involvement in carotid endarterectomy, with consultant supervision, leads to equivalent outcomes and represents a safe and useful training opportunity.

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The STROCSS statement: Strengthening the Reporting of Cohort Studies in Surgery

Cited by 743 publications

References 9 publications

Dermal regeneration template and vacuum sealing drainage for treatment of traumatic degloving injuries of upper extremity in a single‐stage procedure

Dermal regeneration template and vacuum sealing drainage for treatment of traumatic degloving injuries of upper extremity in a single‐stage procedure

A protocol for developing reporting guidelines for laboratory studies in Endodontology

Patient outcomes following carotid endarterectomy are not adversely affected by surgical trainees’ operative involvement: A retrospective cohort study

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