STROCSS 2019 Guideline: Strengthening the reporting of cohort studies in surgery

Agha R 1 , Abdall-Razak A 2 , Crossley E 3 , Dowlut N 4 , Iosifidis C 5 , Mathew G 6 Show all authors , STROCSS group participants , Beamishaj 7 , Bashashati M 8 , Millham FH 8 , Orgill DP 9 , Noureldin A 10 , Nixon IJ 10 , Alsawadi A 11 , Bradley PJ 12 , Giordano S 13 , Laskin DM 14 , Basu S 15 , Johnston M 16 , Muensterer OJ 17 , Mukherjee I 18 , Ngu JC 19 , Valmasoni M 20 , Pagano D 21 , Vasudevan B 22 , Rosin RD 23 , McCaul JA 24 , Albrecht J 25 , Hoffman JR 26 , Thorat MA 27 , Massarut S 20 , Thoma A 28 , Kirshtein B 29 , Afifi RY 30 , Farooq N 10 , Challacombe B 31 , Pai PS 32 , Perakath B 33 , Kadioglu H 34 , Aronson JK 35 , Raveendran K 36 , Machado-Aranda D 37 , Klappenbach R 38 , Healy D 39 , Miguel D 40 , Leles CR 41 , Ather MH 10

Affiliations 

  • 1 Bart's Health NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
  • 2 Imperial College School of Medicine, London, UK. Electronic address: Ali.abdall-razak@outlook.com
  • 3 Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust, Portsmouth, UK
  • 4 Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, UK
  • 5 Queen Mary University of London, London, UK
  • 6 UCL Medical School, London, UK
  • 7 General Surgery, UK
  • 8 USA
  • 9 Plastic Surgery, USA
  • 10 UK
  • 11 Emergency Medicine, United Kingdom
  • 12 Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, UK
  • 13 Plastic Surgery, Finland
  • 14 Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, USA
  • 15 General and Colorectal Surgery, India
  • 16 Urology, United Kingdom
  • 17 Pediatric Surgery, Germany
  • 18 Advance GI Surgery, USA
  • 19 Colorectal Consultant, Singapore
  • 20 General Surgery, Italy
  • 21 General and Abdominal Transplant Surgeon, Italy
  • 22 Gastrointestinal & Bariatric Surgery, India
  • 23 General & Laparoscopic Surgery Barbados, UK
  • 24 Maxillofacial/ Head and Neck/ Facial Plastic Surgeon, UK
  • 25 Dermatology, USA
  • 26 EM, USA
  • 27 Breast Surgery, Cancer Prevention, Cancer Epidemiology, UK
  • 28 Plastic Surgery, Canada
  • 29 General Surgeon, Israel
  • 30 General Surgery, Egypt
  • 31 Urology, UK
  • 32 Otolaryngology Head Neck Surgery, India
  • 33 Colorectal Surgery, UK
  • 34 General Surgery, Turkey
  • 35 Physician and Clinical Pharmacologist, UK
  • 36 Orthopaedic Surgery, Malaysia
  • 37 Acute Care Surgery, USA
  • 38 Acute Care Surgery, Argentina
  • 39 Vascular Surgery, Ireland
  • 40 Dermatology, Portugal
  • 41 Oral Rehabilitation, Brazil
Int J Surg, 2019 Nov 06;72:156-165.
PMID: 31704426 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2019.11.002

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: The STROCSS guideline was developed in 2017 to improve the reporting quality of observational studies in surgery. Building on its impact and usefulness, we sought to update the guidelines two years after its publication.

METHODS: A steering group was formed to review the existing guideline and propose amendments to the 17-item checklist. A Delphi consensus exercise was utilised to determine agreement across a list of proposed modifications to the STROCSS 2017 guideline. An expert panel of 46 surgeons were invited to assess the proposed updates via Google Forms.

RESULTS: The response rate was 91% (n = 42/46). High agreement was reached across all the items and the guideline was finalised in the first round. The checklist maintained 17-items, with modifications primarily considered to improve content and readability.

CONCLUSIONS: The STROCSS 2019 guideline is hereby presented as a considered update to improve reporting of cohort, cross-sectional and case-control studies in surgery.

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