The effect of surgery report cards on improving radical prostatectomy quality: the SuRep study protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The goal of radical prostatectomy is to achieve the optimal balance between complete cancer removal and preserving a patient's urinary and sexual function. Performing a wider excision of peri-prostatic tissue helps achieve negative surgical margins, but can compromise urinary and sexual function. Alternatively, sparing peri-prostatic tissue to maintain functional outcomes may result in an increased risk of cancer recurrence. The objective of this study is to determine the effect of providing surgeons with detailed information about their patient outcomes through a surgical report card.

Methods

We propose a prospective cohort quasi-experimental study. The intervention is the provision of feedback to prostate cancer surgeons via surgical report cards. These report c

SUBMITTER: Breau RH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6194548 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature