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ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2023

Homogeneity in Surgical Series: Image Reporting to Improve Evidence.

Pietro Regazzoni, Simon Lambert, Jesse B Jupiter, Norbert Südkamp, Wen-Chih Liu, Alberto A Fernández Dell'Oca

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Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors.

Pietro RegazzoniDepartment of Trauma Surgery, University Hospital Basel, 4031 Basel, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0001-5028-5946
Simon LambertDepartment of Trauma and Orthopaedics, University College London Hospital, London NW1 2BU, UK.
Jesse B JupiterHand and Arm Center, Department of Orthopedics, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
Norbert SüdkampDepartment of Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery, Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg, 79106 Freiburg, Germany.
Wen-Chih LiuHand and Arm Center, Department of Orthopedics, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7689-8732
Alberto A Fernández Dell'OcaDepartment of Traumatology, The British Hospital, Montevideo 11600, Uruguay.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Good clinical practice guidelines are based on randomized controlled trials or clinical series; however, technical performance bias among surgical trials is under-assessed. The heterogeneity of technical performance within different treatment groups diminishes the level of evidence. Surgeon variability with different levels of experience-technical performance levels even after certification-influences surgical outcomes, especially in complex procedures. Technical performance quality correlates with the outcomes and costs and should be measured by image or video-photographic documentation of the surgeon's view field during the procedures. Such consecutive, completely documented, unedited observational data-in the form of intra-operative images and a complete set of eventual radiological images-improve the surgical series' homogeneity. Thereby, they might reflect reality and contribute towards making necessary changes for evidence-based surgery.

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evidence-based medicineevidence-based surgeryICUCimage-based performance assessmentsrandomized controlled trialstechnical performance bias

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PMID36836117
PMCPMC9967796

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