Global evaluation and outcomes of cholecystectomy: protocol for a multicentre, international, prospective cohort study (GlobalSurg 4).

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Cholecystectomy is one of the most common operations performed worldwide. Although laparoscopic surgery has been the 'gold-standard' approach for this operation, there is a paucity of global evidence around the variations of safe provision of cholecystectomy, including low-income and middle-income countries. This international collaborative study will allow contemporaneous data collection on the quality of cholecystectomies using measures covering infrastructure, care processes and outcomes, with the primary aim define the global variation in compliance with preoperative, intraoperative and postoperative audit standards.

Methods and analysis

Global Evaluation of Cholecystectomy Knowledge and Outcomes is a prospective, international, multicentre, observational co

SUBMITTER: Harrison E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11287069 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature