Surgical Endoscopy ( IF 2.4 ) Pub Date : 2023-12-26 , DOI: 10.1007/s00464-023-10614-9
Amila Cizmic 1 , Ivan Romic 2 , Andrea Balla 3 , Nicolò Barabino 4 , Gabriele Anania 5 , Gian Luca Baiocchi 6 , Branko Bakula 7 , Carmen Balagué 8 , Felix Berlth 9 , Vasile Bintintan 10 , Umberto Bracale 11 , Jan-Hendrik Egberts 12 , Hans F Fuchs 13 , Suzanne S Gisbertz 14, 15 , Ines Gockel 16 , Peter Grimminger 9 , Richard van Hillegersberg 17 , Noriyuki Inaki 18 , Arul Immanuel 19 , Daniel Korr 12 , Philipp Lingohr 20 , Pietro Mascagni 21, 22 , Nathaniel Melling 1 , Marco Milone 23 , Yoav Mintz 24 , Salvador Morales-Conde 25, 26 , Yusef Moulla 16 , Beat P Müller-Stich 27 , Kiyokazu Nakajima 28 , Magnus Nilsson 29 , Matthias Reeh 30 , Pierpaolo Sileri 31 , Eduardo M Targarona 32 , Yuki Ushimaru 33 , Young-Woo Kim 34 , Sheraz Markar 35 , Felix Nickel 1 , Anuja T Mitra 36
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Background
Minimally invasive total gastrectomy (MITG) is a mainstay for curative treatment of patients with gastric cancer. To define and standardize optimal surgical techniques and further improve clinical outcomes through the enhanced MITG surgical quality, there must be consensus on the key technical steps of lymphadenectomy and anastomosis creation, which is currently lacking. This study aimed to determine an expert consensus from an international panel regarding the technical aspects of the performance of MITG for oncological indications using the Delphi method.
Methods
A 100-point scoping survey was created based on the deconstruction of MITG into its key technical steps through local and international expert opinion and literature evidence. An international expert panel comprising upper gastrointestinal and general surgeons participated in multiple rounds of a Delphi consensus. The panelists voted on the issues concerning importance, difficulty, or agreement using an online questionnaire. A priori consensus standard was set at > 80% for agreement to a statement. Internal consistency and reliability were evaluated using Cronbach's α.
Results
Thirty expert upper gastrointestinal and general surgeons participated in three online Delphi rounds, generating a final consensus of 41 statements regarding MITG for gastric cancer. The consensus was gained from 22, 12, and 7 questions from Delphi rounds 1, 2, and 3, which were rephrased into the 41 statetments respectively. For lymphadenectomy and aspects of anastomosis creation, Cronbach’s α for round 1 was 0.896 and 0.886, and for round 2 was 0.848 and 0.779, regarding difficulty or importance.
Conclusions
The Delphi consensus defined 41 steps as crucial for performing a high-quality MITG for oncological indications based on the standards of an international panel. The results of this consensus provide a platform for creating and validating surgical quality assessment tools designed to improve clinical outcomes and standardize surgical quality in MITG.
中文翻译:

胃癌微创全胃切除术中淋巴结清扫术和吻合术手术质量评估的国际 Delphi 共识
背景
微创全胃切除术 (MITG) 是胃癌患者根治性治疗的主要方法。为了定义和标准化最佳手术技术,并通过提高 MITG 手术质量进一步改善临床结果,必须就淋巴结清扫术和吻合术创建的关键技术步骤达成共识,而目前尚缺乏共识。本研究旨在确定国际小组关于使用 Delphi 方法治疗肿瘤适应症的 MITG 性能的技术方面的专家共识。
方法
通过本地和国际专家意见和文献证据,将 MITG 解构为其关键技术步骤,创建了一项 100 点范围界定调查。由上消化道和普通外科医生组成的国际专家小组参与了多轮 Delphi 共识。小组成员使用在线问卷对有关重要性、难度或协议的问题进行投票。先验共识标准设定为 > 80% 同意一项声明。使用 Cronbach α评估内部一致性和可靠性。
结果
30 名上消化道和普通外科医生专家参加了三轮在线 Delphi 轮次,就 MITG 治疗胃癌达成了 41 项声明的最终共识。共识是从 Delphi 第 1、2 和 3 轮的 22、12 和 7 个问题中获得的,这些问题分别被改写为 41 个陈述。对于淋巴结清扫术和吻合术创建的各个方面,第 1 轮的 Cronbach α为 0.896 和 0.886,第 2 轮为 0.848 和 0.779,关于难度或重要性。
结论
Delphi 共识根据国际专家组的标准定义了 41 个步骤,对于针对肿瘤适应症进行高质量的 MITG 至关重要。该共识的结果为创建和验证旨在改善临床结果和标准化 MITG 手术质量的手术质量评估工具提供了一个平台。