The SCARE 2020 Guideline: Updating Consensus Surgical CAse REport (SCARE) Guidelines
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- 9 November 2020
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) in International Journal of Surgery
- Vol. 84, 226-230
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijsu.2020.10.034
Abstract
Introduction: The SCARE Guidelines were first published in 2016 and were last updated in 2018. They provide a structure for reporting surgical case reports and are used and endorsed by authors, journal editors and reviewers, in order to increase robustness and transparency in reporting surgical cases. They must be kept up to date in order to drive forwards reporting quality. As such, we have updated these guidelines via a DELPHI consensus exercise. Methods: The updated guidelines were produced via a DELPHI consensus exercise. Members were invited from the previous DELPHI group, as well as editorial board member and peer reviewers of the International Journal of Surgery Case Reports. The expert group completed an online survey to indicate their agreement with proposed changes to the checklist items. Results: 54 surgical experts agreed to participate and 53 (98%) completed the survey. The responses and suggested modifications were incorporated to the 2018 guideline. There was a high degree of agreement amongst the SCARE Group, with all SCARE Items receiving over 70% scores 7-9. Conclusion: A DELPHI consensus exercise was completed, and an updated and improved SCARE Checklist is now presented.Keywords
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