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dc.contributor.authorAgha, RAen_US
dc.contributor.authorFowler, AJen_US
dc.contributor.authorRajmohan, Sen_US
dc.contributor.authorBarai, Ien_US
dc.contributor.authorOrgill, DPen_US
dc.contributor.authorPROCESS Groupen_US
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-10T15:14:54Z
dc.date.available2016-10-17en_US
dc.date.issued2016-12en_US
dc.date.submitted2017-01-06T16:04:44.274Z
dc.identifier.urihttp://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/18465
dc.description.abstractINTRODUCTION: Case series have been a long held tradition within the surgical literature and are still frequently published. Reporting guidelines can improve transparency and reporting quality. No guideline exists for reporting case series, and our recent systematic review highlights the fact that key data are being missed from such reports. Our objective was to develop reporting guidelines for surgical case series. METHODS: A Delphi consensus exercise was conducted to determine items to include in the reporting guideline. Items included those identified from a previous systematic review on case series and those included in the SCARE Guidelines for case reports. The Delphi questionnaire was administered via Google Forms and conducted using standard Delphi methodology. Surgeons and others with expertise in the reporting of case series were invited to participate. In round one, participants voted to define case series and also what elements should be included in them. In round two, participants voted on what items to include in the PROCESS guideline using a nine-point Likert scale to assess agreement as proposed by the Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluations (GRADE) working group. RESULTS: In round one, there was a 49% (29/59) response rate. Following adjustment of the guideline with incorporation of recommended changes, round two commenced and there was an 81% (48/59) response rate. All but one of the items were approved by the participants and Likert scores 7-9 were awarded by >70% of respondents. The final guideline consists of an eight item checklist. CONCLUSION: We present the PROCESS Guideline, consisting of an eight item checklist that will improve the reporting quality of surgical case series. We encourage authors, reviewers, editors, journals, publishers and the wider surgical and scholarly community to adopt these.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipPaton Masser Memorial Fund Prize awarded by British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons and Balliol Interdisciplinary Institute Grant.en_US
dc.format.extent319 - 323en_US
dc.languageengen_US
dc.relation.ispartofInt J Surgen_US
dc.rightsPublished by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
dc.subjectCase seriesen_US
dc.subjectGuidelinesen_US
dc.subjectReportingen_US
dc.subjectSurgeryen_US
dc.subjectDelphi Techniqueen_US
dc.subjectGuidelines as Topicen_US
dc.subjectHumansen_US
dc.subjectMedical Recordsen_US
dc.subjectPublishingen_US
dc.subjectSurgical Procedures, Operativeen_US
dc.titlePreferred reporting of case series in surgery; the PROCESS guidelines.en_US
dc.typeArticle
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.ijsu.2016.10.025en_US
pubs.author-urlhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27770639en_US
pubs.issuePt Aen_US
pubs.notesNot knownen_US
pubs.publication-statusPublisheden_US
pubs.volume36en_US
dcterms.dateAccepted2016-10-17en_US


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