Development and validity evidence of an objective structured assessment of technical skills score for minimally invasive linear-stapled, hand-sewn intestinal anastomoses : the A-OSATS score

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INTRODUCTION: The aim of this study was to develop a reliable objective structured assessment of technical skills (OSATS) score for linear-stapled, hand-sewn closure of enterotomy intestinal anastomoses (A-OSATS).

MATERIALS AND METHODS: The Delphi methodology was used to create a traditional and weighted A-OSATS score highlighting the more important steps for patient outcomes according to an international expert consensus. Minimally invasive novices, intermediates, and experts were asked to perform a minimally invasive linear-stapled intestinal anastomosis with hand-sewn closure of the enterotomy in a live animal model either laparoscopically or robot-assisted. Video recordings were scored by two blinded raters assessing intrarater and interrater reliability and discriminative abilities between novices (n = 8), intermediates (n = 24), and experts (n = 8).

RESULTS: The Delphi process included 18 international experts and was successfully completed after 4 rounds. A total of 4 relevant main steps as well as 15 substeps were identified and a definition of each substep was provided. A maximum of 75 points could be reached in the unweighted A-OSATS score and 170 points in the weighted A-OSATS score respectively. A total of 41 anastomoses were evaluated. Excellent intrarater (r = 0.807-0.988, p < 0.001) and interrater (intraclass correlation coefficient = 0.923-0.924, p < 0.001) reliability was demonstrated. Both versions of the A-OSATS correlated well with the general OSATS and discriminated between novices, intermediates, and experts defined by their OSATS global rating scale.

CONCLUSION: With the weighted and unweighted A-OSATS score, we propose a new reliable standard to assess the creation of minimally invasive linear-stapled, hand-sewn anastomoses based on an international expert consensus. Validity evidence in live animal models is provided in this study. Future research should focus on assessing whether the weighted A-OSATS exceeds the predictive capabilities of patient outcomes of the unweighted A-OSATS and provide further validity evidence on using the score on different anastomotic techniques in humans.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:36

Enthalten in:

Surgical endoscopy - 36(2022), 6 vom: 09. Juni, Seite 4529-4541

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Schmidt, Mona W [VerfasserIn]
Haney, Caelan M [VerfasserIn]
Kowalewski, Karl-Friedrich [VerfasserIn]
Bintintan, Vasile V [VerfasserIn]
Abu Hilal, Mohammed [VerfasserIn]
Arezzo, Alberto [VerfasserIn]
Bahra, Marcus [VerfasserIn]
Besselink, Marc G [VerfasserIn]
Biebl, Matthias [VerfasserIn]
Boni, Luigi [VerfasserIn]
Diana, Michele [VerfasserIn]
Egberts, Jan H [VerfasserIn]
Fischer, Lars [VerfasserIn]
Francis, Nader [VerfasserIn]
Hashimoto, Daniel A [VerfasserIn]
Perez, Daniel [VerfasserIn]
Schijven, Marlies [VerfasserIn]
Schmelzle, Moritz [VerfasserIn]
Soltes, Marek [VerfasserIn]
Swanstrom, Lee [VerfasserIn]
Welsch, Thilo [VerfasserIn]
Müller-Stich, Beat P [VerfasserIn]
Nickel, Felix [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Anastomosis
Delphi method
Journal Article
Minimally invasive surgery
OSATS
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Skill assessment

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Date Completed 12.05.2022

Date Revised 28.01.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s00464-021-08806-2

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM332932060