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Zhang K, Ma Y, Wu J, Shi Q, Barchi LC, Scarci M, Petersen RH, Ng CSH, Hochwald S, Waseda R, Davoli F, Fruscio R, Levi Sandri GB, Gonzalez M, Wei B, Piessen G, Shen J, Zhang X, Jiao P, He Y, Novoa NM, Bedetti B, Gilbert S, Sihoe ADL, Toker A, Fiorelli A, Jimenez MF, Lerut T, Oo AY, Li GS, Tang X, Lu Y, Elkhayat H, Štupnik T, Laisaar T, Abu Akar F, Gonzalez-Rivas D, Su Z, Qiu B, Wang SD, Chen Y, Gao S. The SUPER reporting guideline suggested for reporting of surgical technique. Hepatobiliary Surg Nutr 2023; 12:534-544. [PMID: 37601001 PMCID: PMC10432285 DOI: 10.21037/hbsn-22-509] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2022] [Accepted: 12/31/2022] [Indexed: 08/22/2023]
Abstract
Background Existing reporting guidelines pay insufficient attention to the detail and comprehensiveness reporting of surgical technique. The Surgical techniqUe rePorting chEcklist and standaRds (SUPER) aims to address this gap by defining reporting standards for surgical technique. The SUPER guideline intends to apply to articles that encompass surgical technique in any study design, surgical discipline, and stage of surgical innovation. Methods Following the EQUATOR (Enhancing the QUAlity and Transparency Of health Research) Network approach, 16 surgeons, journal editors, and methodologists reviewed existing reporting guidelines relating to surgical technique, reviewed papers from 15 top journals, and brainstormed to draft initial items for the SUPER. The initial items were revised through a three-round Delphi survey from 21 multidisciplinary Delphi panel experts from 13 countries and regions. The final SUPER items were formed after an online consensus meeting to resolve disagreements and a three-round wording refinement by all 16 SUPER working group members and five SUPER consultants. Results The SUPER reporting guideline includes 22 items that are considered essential for good and informative surgical technique reporting. The items are divided into six sections: background, rationale, and objectives (items 1 to 5); preoperative preparations and requirements (items 6 to 9); surgical technique details (items 10 to 15); postoperative considerations and tasks (items 16 to 19); summary and prospect (items 20 and 21); and other information (item 22). Conclusions The SUPER reporting guideline has the potential to guide detailed, comprehensive, and transparent surgical technique reporting for surgeons. It may also assist journal editors, peer reviewers, systematic reviewers, and guideline developers in the evaluation of surgical technique papers and help practitioners to better understand and reproduce surgical technique. Trial Registration https://www.equator-network.org/library/reporting-guidelines-under-development/reporting-guidelines-under-development-for-other-study-designs/#SUPER.
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Affiliation(s)
- Kaiping Zhang
- Editorial Office, AME Publishing Company, Hong Kong, China
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- School of Chinese Medicine, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Guangdong Provincial People’s Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- Evidence-based Medicine Center, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China
- Lanzhou University Institute of Health Data Science, Lanzhou, China
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- Digestive Surgery Division, Department of Gastroenterology, University of Sao Paulo School of Medicine, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University Hospital of Copenhagen, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY, USA
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- Department of General Thoracic, Breast and Pediatric Surgery, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, AUSL Romagna, S. Maria delle Croci Teaching Hospital, Ravenna, Italy
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- Clinic of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Milan-Bicocca, San Gerardo Hospital, Monza, Italy
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- Service of Thoracic Surgery, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Alabama Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
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- University of Lille, CNRS, Inserm, CHU Lille, UMR9020-U1277-CANTHER-Cancer Heterogeneity Plasticity and Resistance to Therapies, Lille, France
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Taizhou Hospital of Zhejiang Province Affiliated to Wenzhou Medical University, Linhai, China
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- The First School of Clinical Medicine, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China
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- The First School of Clinical Medicine, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China
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- The First School of Clinical Medicine, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China
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- Thoracic Surgery Service, University Hospital of Salamanca, Biomedical Institute of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Helios Clinic Bonn/Rhein Sieg, Bonn, Germany
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- Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, The Ottawa Hospital, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada
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- Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, West Virginia University Heart and Vascular Institute, Morgantown, WV, USA
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- Thoracic Surgery Unit, University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Salamanca University Hospital, Salamanca, Spain
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, University Hospital Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Bart Heart Centre, St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London, UK
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- Editorial Office, AME Publishing Company, Hong Kong, China
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- Editorial Office, AME Publishing Company, Hong Kong, China
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- The First School of Clinical Medicine, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China
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- Cardiothoracic Surgery, Assiut University, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut, Egypt
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- Medical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery and Lung Transplantation, Lunc Clinic, Tartu University Hospital, Tartu, Estonia
- Lung Clinic, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Medical Faculty, Tartu University, Tartu, Estonia
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Makassed Charitable Society Hospital, East Jerusalem, Palestine
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery and Lung Transplant, Coruña University Hospital, Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery Unit (UCTMI), Coruña, Spain
- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Center, Fuwai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Research Unit of Evidence-Based Evaluation and Guidelines, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (2021RU017), School of Basic Medical Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China
- World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Centre for Guideline Implementation and Knowledge Translation, Lanzhou, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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Hawwash D, Sharp MK, Argaw A, Kolsteren P, Lachat C. Usefulness of applying research reporting guidelines as Writing Aid software: a crossover randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open 2019; 9:e030943. [PMID: 31699728 PMCID: PMC6858139 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-030943] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES To assess the intention of using a Writing Aid software, which integrates four research reporting guidelines (Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials, Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses, Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology and STrengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology-nutritional epidemiology) and their Elaboration & Explanation (E&E) documents during the write-up of research in Microsoft Word compared with current practices. DESIGN Two-arms crossover randomised controlled trial with no blinding and no washout period. SETTING Face-to-face or online sessions. PARTICIPANTS 54 (28 in arm 1 and 26 in arm 2) doctoral and postdoctoral researchers. INTERVENTIONS Reporting guidelines and their E&E document were randomly administered as Writing Aid or as Word documents in a single 30 min to 1 hour session, with a short break before crossing over to the other study intervention. PRIMARY AND SECONDARY OUTCOMES Using the Technology Acceptance Model, we assessed the primary outcome: the difference in the mean of intention of use; and secondary outcomes: the difference in mean perceived ease of use and perceived usefulness. The three outcomes were measured using questions with a 7-point Likert-scale. Secondary analysis using structural equation modelling (SEM) was applied to explore the relationships between the outcomes. RESULTS No significant difference in reported intention of use (mean difference and 95% CI 0.25 (-0.05 to 0.55), p=0.10), and perceived usefulness (mean difference and 95% CI 0.19 (-0.04 to 0.41), p=0.10). The Writing Aid performed significantly better than the word document on researchers' perceived ease of use (mean difference and 95% CI 0.59 (0.29 to 0.89), p<0.001). In the SEM analysis, participants' intention of using the tools was indirectly affected by perceived ease of use (beta 0.53 p=0.002). CONCLUSIONS Despite no significant difference in the intention of use between the tools, administering reporting guidelines as Writing Aid is perceived as easier to use, offering a possibility to further explore its applicability to enhance reporting adherence.
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- Dana Hawwash
- Department of Food Technology, Safety and Health, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium
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- Department of Psychology, University of Split, Split, Croatia
- Universite de Paris,CRESS, INSERM, INRA, Paris, France
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- Department of Population and Family Health, Institute of Health, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia
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- Department of Food Technology, Safety and Health, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium
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- Department of Food Technology, Safety and Health, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium
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Hopewell S, Boutron I, Altman DG, Barbour G, Moher D, Montori V, Schriger D, Cook J, Gerry S, Omar O, Dutton P, Roberts C, Frangou E, Clifton L, Chiocchia V, Rombach I, Wartolowska K, Ravaud P. Impact of a web-based tool (WebCONSORT) to improve the reporting of randomised trials: results of a randomised controlled trial. BMC Med 2016; 14:199. [PMID: 27894295 PMCID: PMC5126856 DOI: 10.1186/s12916-016-0736-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2016] [Accepted: 10/28/2016] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The CONSORT Statement is an evidence-informed guideline for reporting randomised controlled trials. A number of extensions have been developed that specify additional information to report for more complex trials. The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of using a simple web-based tool (WebCONSORT, which incorporates a number of different CONSORT extensions) on the completeness of reporting of randomised trials published in biomedical publications. METHODS We conducted a parallel group randomised trial. Journals which endorsed the CONSORT Statement (i.e. referred to it in the Instruction to Authors) but do not actively implement it (i.e. require authors to submit a completed CONSORT checklist) were invited to participate. Authors of randomised trials were requested by the editor to use the web-based tool at the manuscript revision stage. Authors registering to use the tool were randomised (centralised computer generated) to WebCONSORT or control. In the WebCONSORT group, they had access to a tool allowing them to combine the different CONSORT extensions relevant to their trial and generate a customised checklist and flow diagram that they must submit to the editor. In the control group, authors had only access to a CONSORT flow diagram generator. Authors, journal editors, and outcome assessors were blinded to the allocation. The primary outcome was the proportion of CONSORT items (main and extensions) reported in each article post revision. RESULTS A total of 46 journals actively recruited authors into the trial (25 March 2013 to 22 September 2015); 324 author manuscripts were randomised (WebCONSORT n = 166; control n = 158), of which 197 were reports of randomised trials (n = 94; n = 103). Over a third (39%; n = 127) of registered manuscripts were excluded from the analysis, mainly because the reported study was not a randomised trial. Of those included in the analysis, the most common CONSORT extensions selected were non-pharmacologic (n = 43; n = 50), pragmatic (n = 20; n = 16) and cluster (n = 10; n = 9). In a quarter of manuscripts, authors either wrongly selected an extension or failed to select the right extension when registering their manuscript on the WebCONSORT study site. Overall, there was no important difference in the overall mean score between WebCONSORT (mean score 0.51) and control (0.47) in the proportion of CONSORT and CONSORT extension items reported pertaining to a given study (mean difference, 0.04; 95% CI -0.02 to 0.10). CONCLUSIONS This study failed to show a beneficial effect of a customised web-based CONSORT checklist to help authors prepare more complete trial reports. However, the exclusion of a large number of inappropriately registered manuscripts meant we had less precision than anticipated to detect a difference. Better education is needed, earlier in the publication process, for both authors and journal editorial staff on when and how to implement CONSORT and, in particular, CONSORT-related extensions. TRIAL REGISTRATION ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT01891448 [registered 24 May 2013].
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- Sally Hopewell
- Oxford Clinical Trials Research Unit, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
- Centre for Statistics in Medicine, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
- Centre d'Epidémiologie Clinique, Paris Descartes University, Paris, France.
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- Centre d'Epidémiologie Clinique, Paris Descartes University, Paris, France
- INSERM UMR 1153 equipe Methods, Paris Descartes University, Paris, France
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- Centre for Statistics in Medicine, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Queensland, Australia
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- Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Canada
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- Centre for Statistics in Medicine, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Centre for Statistics in Medicine, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Centre for Statistics in Medicine, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Centre for Statistics in Medicine, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Centre for Statistics in Medicine, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Centre for Statistics in Medicine, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Centre for Statistics in Medicine, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Centre for Statistics in Medicine, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Centre for Statistics in Medicine, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Centre for Statistics in Medicine, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Centre d'Epidémiologie Clinique, Paris Descartes University, Paris, France
- INSERM UMR 1153 equipe Methods, Paris Descartes University, Paris, France
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