Background A reliable system for grading operative difficulty of laparoscopic cholecystectomy would standardise descrip-tion of findings and reporting of outcomes. The aim of this study was to validate a difficulty grading system (Nassar scale), testing its applicability and consistency in two large prospective datasets. Methods Patient and disease-related variables and 30-day outcomes were identified in two prospective cholecystectomy databases: the multi-centre prospective cohort of 8820 patients from the recent CholeS Study and the single-surgeon series containing 4089 patients. Operative data and patient outcomes were correlated with Nassar operative difficultly scale, using Kendall’s tau for dichotomous variables, or Jonckheere–Terpstra tests for continuous variables. A ROC curve analysis was performed, to quantify the predictive accuracy of the scale for each outcome, with continuous outcomes dichotomised, prior to analysis. Results A higher operative difficulty grade was consistently associated with worse outcomes for the patients in both the reference and CholeS cohorts. The median length of stay increased from 0 to 4 days, and the 30-day complication rate from 7.6 to 24.4% as the difficulty grade increased from 1 to 4/5 (both p < 0.001). In the CholeS cohort, a higher difficulty grade was found to be most strongly associated with conversion to open and 30-day mortality (AUROC = 0.903, 0.822, respec-tively). On multivariable analysis, the Nassar operative difficultly scale was found to be a significant independent predictor of operative duration, conversion to open surgery, 30-day complications and 30-day reintervention (all p < 0.001). Conclusion We have shown that an operative difficulty scale can standardise the description of operative findings by multiple grades of surgeons to facilitate audit, training assessment and research. It provides a tool for reporting operative findings, disease severity and technical difficulty and can be utilised in future research to reliably compare outcomes according to case mix and intra-operative difficulty.

Correction to: Utilisation of an operative difficulty grading scale for laparoscopic cholecystectomy / Griffiths, E.A., Hodson, J., Vohra, R.S., Marriott, P., Katbeh, T., Zino, S., Nassar, A.H.M., Kirkham, A.J., Pasquali, S., Johnstone, M., Spreadborough, P., Alderson, D., Fenwick, S., Elmasry, M., Nunes, Q.M., Kennedy, D., Khan, R.B., Khan, M.A.S., Magee, C.J., Jones, S.M., et al.. - In: SURGICAL ENDOSCOPY. - ISSN 0930-2794. - 33:1(2019), pp. 122-125. [10.1007/s00464-018-6377-8]

Correction to: Utilisation of an operative difficulty grading scale for laparoscopic cholecystectomy

Bellini M. I.;
2019

Abstract

Background A reliable system for grading operative difficulty of laparoscopic cholecystectomy would standardise descrip-tion of findings and reporting of outcomes. The aim of this study was to validate a difficulty grading system (Nassar scale), testing its applicability and consistency in two large prospective datasets. Methods Patient and disease-related variables and 30-day outcomes were identified in two prospective cholecystectomy databases: the multi-centre prospective cohort of 8820 patients from the recent CholeS Study and the single-surgeon series containing 4089 patients. Operative data and patient outcomes were correlated with Nassar operative difficultly scale, using Kendall’s tau for dichotomous variables, or Jonckheere–Terpstra tests for continuous variables. A ROC curve analysis was performed, to quantify the predictive accuracy of the scale for each outcome, with continuous outcomes dichotomised, prior to analysis. Results A higher operative difficulty grade was consistently associated with worse outcomes for the patients in both the reference and CholeS cohorts. The median length of stay increased from 0 to 4 days, and the 30-day complication rate from 7.6 to 24.4% as the difficulty grade increased from 1 to 4/5 (both p < 0.001). In the CholeS cohort, a higher difficulty grade was found to be most strongly associated with conversion to open and 30-day mortality (AUROC = 0.903, 0.822, respec-tively). On multivariable analysis, the Nassar operative difficultly scale was found to be a significant independent predictor of operative duration, conversion to open surgery, 30-day complications and 30-day reintervention (all p < 0.001). Conclusion We have shown that an operative difficulty scale can standardise the description of operative findings by multiple grades of surgeons to facilitate audit, training assessment and research. It provides a tool for reporting operative findings, disease severity and technical difficulty and can be utilised in future research to reliably compare outcomes according to case mix and intra-operative difficulty.
2019
Surgery; laparoscopic; cholecystectomy; operative difficulty; difficulty grading
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Correction to: Utilisation of an operative difficulty grading scale for laparoscopic cholecystectomy / Griffiths, E.A., Hodson, J., Vohra, R.S., Marriott, P., Katbeh, T., Zino, S., Nassar, A.H.M., Kirkham, A.J., Pasquali, S., Johnstone, M., Spreadborough, P., Alderson, D., Fenwick, S., Elmasry, M., Nunes, Q.M., Kennedy, D., Khan, R.B., Khan, M.A.S., Magee, C.J., Jones, S.M., et al.. - In: SURGICAL ENDOSCOPY. - ISSN 0930-2794. - 33:1(2019), pp. 122-125. [10.1007/s00464-018-6377-8]
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