STROCSS 2019 Guideline: Strengthening the reporting of cohort studies in surgery

doi:10.1016/j.ijsu.2019.11.002

. 2019 Dec:72:156-165.

doi: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2019.11.002. Epub 2019 Nov 6.

STROCSS 2019 Guideline: Strengthening the reporting of cohort studies in surgery

Riaz Agha¹, Ali Abdall-Razak², Eleanor Crossley³, Naeem Dowlut⁴, Christos Iosifidis⁵, Ginimol Mathew⁶; STROCSS Group

Collaborators, Affiliations

Collaborators

STROCSS Group:
Beamishaj⁷, Mohammad Bashashati⁸, Frederick H Millham⁸, Dennis P Orgill⁹, Ashraf Noureldin¹⁰, Iain James Nixon¹⁰, Abdulrahman Alsawadi¹¹, Patrick J Bradley¹², Salvatore Giordano¹³, Daniel M Laskin¹⁴, Somprakas Basu¹⁵, Maximilian Johnston¹⁶, Oliver J Muensterer¹⁷, Indraneil Mukherjee¹⁸, James Chi-Yong Ngu¹⁹, Michele Valmasoni²⁰, Duilio Pagano²¹, Baskaran Vasudevan²², Richard David Rosin²³, James Anthony McCaul²⁴, Jörg Albrecht²⁵, Jerome R Hoffman²⁶, Mangesh A Thorat²⁷, Samuele Massarut²⁰, Achilles Thoma²⁸, Boris Kirshtein²⁹, Raafat Yahia Afifi³⁰, Naheed Farooq¹⁰, Ben Challacombe³¹, Prathamesh S Pai³², Benjamin Perakath³³, Huseyin Kadioglu³⁴, Jeffrey K Aronson³⁵, Kandiah Raveendran³⁶, David Machado-Aranda³⁷, Roberto Klappenbach³⁸, Donagh Healy³⁹, Diana Miguel⁴⁰, Claudio Rodrigues Leles⁴¹, M Hammad Ather¹⁰

Affiliations

¹ Bart's Health NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
² Imperial College School of Medicine, London, UK. Electronic address: Ali.abdall-razak@outlook.com.
³ Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust, Portsmouth, UK.
⁴ Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, UK.
⁵ Queen Mary University of London, London, UK.
⁶ UCL Medical School, London, UK.
⁷ General Surgery, UK.
⁸ USA.
⁹ Plastic Surgery, USA.
¹⁰ UK.
¹¹ Emergency Medicine, United Kingdom.
¹² Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, UK.
¹³ Plastic Surgery, Finland.
¹⁴ Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, USA.
¹⁵ General and Colorectal Surgery, India.
¹⁶ Urology, United Kingdom.
¹⁷ Pediatric Surgery, Germany.
¹⁸ Advance GI Surgery, USA.
¹⁹ Colorectal Consultant, Singapore.
²⁰ General Surgery, Italy.
²¹ General and Abdominal Transplant Surgeon, Italy.
²² Gastrointestinal & Bariatric Surgery, India.
²³ General & Laparoscopic Surgery Barbados, UK.
²⁴ Maxillofacial/ Head and Neck/ Facial Plastic Surgeon, UK.
²⁵ Dermatology, USA.
²⁶ EM, USA.
²⁷ Breast Surgery, Cancer Prevention, Cancer Epidemiology, UK.
²⁸ Plastic Surgery, Canada.
²⁹ General Surgeon, Israel.
³⁰ General Surgery, Egypt.
³¹ Urology, UK.
³² Otolaryngology Head Neck Surgery, India.
³³ Colorectal Surgery, UK.
³⁴ General Surgery, Turkey.
³⁵ Physician and Clinical Pharmacologist, UK.
³⁶ Orthopaedic Surgery, Malaysia.
³⁷ Acute Care Surgery, USA.
³⁸ Acute Care Surgery, Argentina.
³⁹ Vascular Surgery, Ireland.
⁴⁰ Dermatology, Portugal.
⁴¹ Oral Rehabilitation, Brazil.

PMID: 31704426
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2019.11.002

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STROCSS 2019 Guideline: Strengthening the reporting of cohort studies in surgery

Riaz Agha et al. Int J Surg. 2019 Dec.

Free article

. 2019 Dec:72:156-165.

doi: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2019.11.002. Epub 2019 Nov 6.

Authors

Riaz Agha¹, Ali Abdall-Razak², Eleanor Crossley³, Naeem Dowlut⁴, Christos Iosifidis⁵, Ginimol Mathew⁶; STROCSS Group

Collaborators

STROCSS Group:
Beamishaj⁷, Mohammad Bashashati⁸, Frederick H Millham⁸, Dennis P Orgill⁹, Ashraf Noureldin¹⁰, Iain James Nixon¹⁰, Abdulrahman Alsawadi¹¹, Patrick J Bradley¹², Salvatore Giordano¹³, Daniel M Laskin¹⁴, Somprakas Basu¹⁵, Maximilian Johnston¹⁶, Oliver J Muensterer¹⁷, Indraneil Mukherjee¹⁸, James Chi-Yong Ngu¹⁹, Michele Valmasoni²⁰, Duilio Pagano²¹, Baskaran Vasudevan²², Richard David Rosin²³, James Anthony McCaul²⁴, Jörg Albrecht²⁵, Jerome R Hoffman²⁶, Mangesh A Thorat²⁷, Samuele Massarut²⁰, Achilles Thoma²⁸, Boris Kirshtein²⁹, Raafat Yahia Afifi³⁰, Naheed Farooq¹⁰, Ben Challacombe³¹, Prathamesh S Pai³², Benjamin Perakath³³, Huseyin Kadioglu³⁴, Jeffrey K Aronson³⁵, Kandiah Raveendran³⁶, David Machado-Aranda³⁷, Roberto Klappenbach³⁸, Donagh Healy³⁹, Diana Miguel⁴⁰, Claudio Rodrigues Leles⁴¹, M Hammad Ather¹⁰

Affiliations

¹ Bart's Health NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
² Imperial College School of Medicine, London, UK. Electronic address: Ali.abdall-razak@outlook.com.
³ Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust, Portsmouth, UK.
⁴ Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, UK.
⁵ Queen Mary University of London, London, UK.
⁶ UCL Medical School, London, UK.
⁷ General Surgery, UK.
⁸ USA.
⁹ Plastic Surgery, USA.
¹⁰ UK.
¹¹ Emergency Medicine, United Kingdom.
¹² Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, UK.
¹³ Plastic Surgery, Finland.
¹⁴ Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, USA.
¹⁵ General and Colorectal Surgery, India.
¹⁶ Urology, United Kingdom.
¹⁷ Pediatric Surgery, Germany.
¹⁸ Advance GI Surgery, USA.
¹⁹ Colorectal Consultant, Singapore.
²⁰ General Surgery, Italy.
²¹ General and Abdominal Transplant Surgeon, Italy.
²² Gastrointestinal & Bariatric Surgery, India.
²³ General & Laparoscopic Surgery Barbados, UK.
²⁴ Maxillofacial/ Head and Neck/ Facial Plastic Surgeon, UK.
²⁵ Dermatology, USA.
²⁶ EM, USA.
²⁷ Breast Surgery, Cancer Prevention, Cancer Epidemiology, UK.
²⁸ Plastic Surgery, Canada.
²⁹ General Surgeon, Israel.
³⁰ General Surgery, Egypt.
³¹ Urology, UK.
³² Otolaryngology Head Neck Surgery, India.
³³ Colorectal Surgery, UK.
³⁴ General Surgery, Turkey.
³⁵ Physician and Clinical Pharmacologist, UK.
³⁶ Orthopaedic Surgery, Malaysia.
³⁷ Acute Care Surgery, USA.
³⁸ Acute Care Surgery, Argentina.
³⁹ Vascular Surgery, Ireland.
⁴⁰ Dermatology, Portugal.
⁴¹ Oral Rehabilitation, Brazil.

PMID: 31704426
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2019.11.002

Abstract

Introduction: The STROCSS guideline was developed in 2017 to improve the reporting quality of observational studies in surgery. Building on its impact and usefulness, we sought to update the guidelines two years after its publication.

Methods: A steering group was formed to review the existing guideline and propose amendments to the 17-item checklist. A Delphi consensus exercise was utilised to determine agreement across a list of proposed modifications to the STROCSS 2017 guideline. An expert panel of 46 surgeons were invited to assess the proposed updates via Google Forms.

Results: The response rate was 91% (n = 42/46). High agreement was reached across all the items and the guideline was finalised in the first round. The checklist maintained 17-items, with modifications primarily considered to improve content and readability.

Conclusions: The STROCSS 2019 guideline is hereby presented as a considered update to improve reporting of cohort, cross-sectional and case-control studies in surgery.

Keywords: Case-control studies; Cohort studies; Cross-sectional; Reporting guideline; STROCSS.

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