Demonstration of the IDEAL recommendations for evaluating and reporting surgical innovation in minimally invasive oesophagectomy
- 18 January 2011
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in British Journal of Surgery
- Vol. 98 (4), 544-551
- https://doi.org/10.1002/bjs.7387
Abstract
Background: The Idea, Development, Evaluation, Assessment and Long term study (IDEAL) framework makes recommendations for evaluating and reporting surgical innovation and adoption, but remains untested. Methods: A prospective database was created for the introduction of minimally invasive techniques for oesophagectomy. IDEAL stages of development and evaluation were examined retrospectively in a series of patients undergoing laparoscopically assisted oesophagectomy (LAO), two‐ or three‐phase minimally invasive oesophagectomy (MIO) and open oesophagectomy. Results: A total of 192 patients were involved. In IDEAL stages 1 and 2a, LAO in 16 patients was uneventful, but two‐phase MIO in six patients was abandoned following consecutive technical complications. Two‐phase MIO was modified to a three‐phase MIO procedure, and the results of LAO (67 patients), three‐phase MIO (35) and open techniques (68) were studied in IDEAL stage 2b. Major complications (Clavien–Dindo grades III and IV) occurred in 12 (18 per cent), nine (26 per cent) and 14 (21 per cent) LAO, three‐phase MIO and open procedures respectively. There were four in‐hospital deaths (2 LAO and 2 open). Conclusion: The IDEAL framework is a feasible method for documenting the development and implementation of a procedure. MIO should now be compared with open surgery in a randomized controlled trial (IDEAL stage 3). Copyright © 2011 British Journal of Surgery Society Ltd. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.This publication has 24 references indexed in Scilit:
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