Reaching a consensus on the definition of "difficult" cholecystectomy among Spanish experts. A Delphi project. A qualitative study

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BACKGROUND: Being able to predict preoperatively the difficulty of a cholecystectomy can increase safety and improve results. However, there is a need to reach a consensus on the definition of a cholecystectomy as "difficult". The aim of this study is to achieve a national expert consensus on this issue.

METHODS: A two-round Delphi study was performed. Based on the previous literature, history of biliary pathology, preoperative clinical, analytical, and radiological data, and intraoperative findings were selected as variables of interest and rated on a Likert scale. Inter-rater agreement was defined as "unanimous" when 100% of the participants gave an item the same rating on the Likert scale; as "consensus" when ≥80% agreed; as "majority" when the agreement was ≥70%. The delta of change between the two rounds was calculated.

RESULTS: After the two rounds, the criteria that reached "consensus" were bile duct injury (96.77%), non-evident anatomy (93.55%), Mirizzi syndrome (93.55%), severe inflammation of Calot's triangle (90.32%), conversion to laparotomy (87.10%), time since last acute cholecystitis (83.87%), scleroatrophic gallbladder (80.65%) and pericholecystic abscess (80.65%).

CONCLUSION: The ability to predict difficulty in cholecystectomy offers important advantages in terms of surgical safety. As a preliminary step, the items that define a surgical procedure as difficult should be established. Standardization of the criteria can provide scores to predict difficulty both preoperatively and intraoperatively, and thus allow the comparison of groups of similar difficulty.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:102

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International journal of surgery (London, England) - 102(2022) vom: 01. Juni, Seite 106649

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Manuel-Vázquez, Alba [VerfasserIn]
Latorre-Fragua, Raquel [VerfasserIn]
Alcázar, Cándido [VerfasserIn]
Requena, Paola Melgar [VerfasserIn]
de la Plaza, Roberto [VerfasserIn]
Blanco Fernández, Gerardo [VerfasserIn]
Serradilla-Martín, Mario [VerfasserIn]
Ramia, J M [VerfasserIn]
SCORELAP group [VerfasserIn]
Cudrado, Martín Bailón [Sonstige Person]
Blas Laina, Juan Luis [Sonstige Person]
Suescún, Federico Castillo [Sonstige Person]
García, Ángel Cuadrado [Sonstige Person]
Andorrá, Estaban Cugat [Sonstige Person]
Gómez, Daniel Díaz [Sonstige Person]
Luengas, David Fernández [Sonstige Person]
Ruiz de Gordejuela, Amador García [Sonstige Person]
Gómez Bravo, Miguel Ángel [Sonstige Person]
Ben, Santiago López [Sonstige Person]
Roselló, Alfonso Mansilla [Sonstige Person]
Cruchaga, Pablo Martí [Sonstige Person]
Cecilia, David Martínez [Sonstige Person]
Isla, Alberto Martínez [Sonstige Person]
Pérez, Aleix Martínez [Sonstige Person]
Oliver, Isabel Mora [Sonstige Person]
Prieto, Mikel [Sonstige Person]
Conde, Salvador Morales [Sonstige Person]
Moreno, Carlos [Sonstige Person]
Ortega, Irene [Sonstige Person]
Fabiano, Paola [Sonstige Person]
Picardo, Antonio [Sonstige Person]
Roig, Manuel Planells [Sonstige Person]
Plaza, César Ramírez [Sonstige Person]
Sastre, Fernando Rotellar [Sonstige Person]
Azagra, Santiago [Sonstige Person]
Puy, Ramón Villalonga [Sonstige Person]
María Del Villar Moral, Jesús [Sonstige Person]
Quijano, Yolanda [Sonstige Person]

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Themen:

Cholecystectomy
Delphi survey
Difficult cholecystectomy
Difficulty
Journal Article

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Date Completed 08.06.2022

Date Revised 08.06.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.ijsu.2022.106649

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM340539011