Reaching Consensus on the Definition of Difficult Cholecystectomy
- Conditions
- Cholelithiasis
- Registration Number
- NCT05121181
- Lead Sponsor
- Candido Fernando Alcazar-Lopez
- Brief 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%.
- Detailed Description
A Delphi study was conducted. 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%.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 46
- Spanish surgeons
- experts in laparoscopic cholecystectomy, with more than 10 years of experience
- not Spanish
- not experts in laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- OBSERVATIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method consensus 1 month Likert scale: 1: "totally disagree", 2: "disagree", 3: "neither agree nor disagree", 4: "agree", and 5: "totally agree".
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Alba Manuel Vázquez
🇪🇸Madrid, Spain