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Reaching Consensus on the Definition of Difficult Cholecystectomy

NCT05121181 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 46

Last updated 2021-11-16

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Being able to predict the difficulty of a preoperatively can increase safety and improve results. However, a consensus must be reached regarding the definition of a cholecystectomy as "difficult". The aim of this study is to achieve a national expert consensus.

Methods A Delphi study was conducted. Based on the literature, a history of biliary pathology, preoperative clinical, analytical, and radiological data, and intraoperative findings were selected and rated on a Likert scale.

Inter-rater agreement was defined as "unanimous" when 100% of the participants gave an item the same the Likert scale rating; as "consensus" when ≥80% agreed; as "majority" when the agreement was ≥70%.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

delphi project

delphy study

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Hospital Universitario Getafe

    collaborator OTHER

  • Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Badajoz

    collaborator OTHER

  • Hospital Miguel Servet

    collaborator OTHER

  • Candido Fernando Alcazar-Lopez

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Alba Manuel Vázquez, Dr · Hospital Universitario de Getafe

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-07-01
Primary Completion
2020-11-15
Completion
2021-01-01

Countries

  • Spain

Study Locations

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