Why the study?
Benchmarking is emerging for assessing surgical outcome values, but a standardized and widely agreed-on approach to identify benchmark values was lacking.
Design
Multinational web-based Delphi survey
Key result
A multinational Delphi survey of 41 surgical opinion leaders achieved consensus on 26 of 36 items to create a standardized checklist for establishing benchmarks for surgical outcomes.
Authors
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Provides a standardized framework for reporting surgical outcomes; leaves open whether adopting this 26.
A multinational Delphi survey established a consensual checklist to standardize the methodology for reporting surgical outcomes and establishing benchmarks.
Gerö et al. (2020) studied Surgical outcomes (n=41). Delphi survey was evaluated on Consensus (≥70% agreement) on items for establishing benchmarks. A multinational Delphi survey of 41 surgical opinion leaders achieved consensus on 26 of 36 items to create a standardized checklist for establishing benchmarks for surgical outcomes.
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