Module Creation Within the TOPS Registry: An Opportunity for Longitudinal Collection of Procedure-specific Clinical Outcomes.

ABSTRACT: The Tracking Operations and Outcomes for Plastic Surgeons (TOPS) data registry, first launched in 2002 by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) in collaboration with the Plastic Surgery Foundation (PSF), was designed to avoid the perceived shortcomings of other national data registries as they pertain to interests of the plastic surgery community. Given the diversity of plastic surgery practice, the ASPS and PSF sought to ensure that the TOPS registry platform would support detailed collection of data useful to plastic surgeons practicing in all subspecialties. Therefore, a key design element of the TOPS registry is its ability to incorporate custom-made modules that allow for focused collection of topic/procedure-specific information. Although the TOPS database has collected inf

SUBMITTER: Hallman TG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11658761 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature