The SCARE Statement: Consensus-based surgical case report guidelines

doi:10.1016/j.ijsu.2016.08.014

Guideline

. 2016 Oct:34:180-186.

doi: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2016.08.014. Epub 2016 Sep 7.

The SCARE Statement: Consensus-based surgical case report guidelines

Riaz A Agha¹, Alexander J Fowler², Alexandra Saeta², Ishani Barai³, Shivanchan Rajmohan³, Dennis P Orgill⁴; SCARE Group

Collaborators, Affiliations

Collaborators

SCARE Group:
Raafat Afifi⁵, Raha Al-Ahmadi⁶, Joerg Albrecht⁷, Abdulrahman Alsawadi⁸, Jeffrey Aronson⁹, M Hammad Ather¹⁰, Mohammad Bashashati¹¹, Somprakas Basu¹², Patrick Bradley¹³, Mushtaq Chalkoo¹⁴, Ben Challacombe¹⁵, Trent Cross¹⁶, Laura Derbyshire¹⁷, Naheed Farooq¹⁸, Jerome Hoffman¹⁹, Huseyin Kadioglu²⁰, Veeru Kasivisvanathan²¹, Boris Kirshtein²², Roberto Klappenbach²³, Daniel Laskin²⁴, Diana Miguel²⁵, James Milburn²⁶, Seyed Reza Mousavi²⁷, Oliver Muensterer²⁸, James Ngu²⁹, Iain Nixon³⁰, Ashraf Noureldin³¹, Benjamin Perakath³², Nicholas Raison³³, Kandiah Raveendran³⁴, Timothy Sullivan³⁵, Achilleas Thoma³⁶, Mangesh A Thorat³⁷, Michele Valmasoni³⁸, Samuele Massarut³⁹, Anil D'cruz⁴⁰, Baskaran Vasudevan⁴¹, Salvatore Giordano⁴², Gaurav Roy⁴³, Donagh Healy⁴⁴, David Machado-Aranda⁴⁵, Bryan Carroll⁴⁶, David Rosin⁴⁷

Affiliations

¹ Department of Plastic Surgery, Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK. Electronic address: mail@riazagha.com.
² Department of Medicine, Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
³ Imperial College School of Medicine, London, UK.
⁴ Division of Plastic Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
⁵ Cairo University, Egypt.
⁶ King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Saudi Arabia.
⁷ John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County, United States.
⁸ Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust, UK.
⁹ Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford, UK.
¹⁰ Aga Khan University, Pakistan.
¹¹ Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, United States.
¹² Banarus Hindu University, India.
¹³ Nottingham University Hospitals, UK.
¹⁴ Hyderpora, India.
¹⁵ Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, UK.
¹⁶ James Cook University, Australia.
¹⁷ North West Deanery, UK.
¹⁸ Central Manchester University Hospital Foundation Trust, UK.
¹⁹ University of California Los Angeles, United States.
²⁰ Bezmialem Vakif University, Turkey.
²¹ University College London, UK.
²² Soroka University Medical Center, Israel.
²³ Simplemente Evita Hospital, Argentina.
²⁴ Virginia Commonwealth University, United States.
²⁵ University Hospital Jena, Germany.
²⁶ Queens Medical Centre, UK.
²⁷ Shohada Medical Center Tajrish, Iran.
²⁸ University Medicine Mainz, Germany.
²⁹ Changi General Hospital, Singapore.
³⁰ East Kent University Hospitals, UK.
³¹ Cumberland Royal Infirmary, UK.
³² Dr. Gray's Hospital, UK.
³³ King's College London, UK.
³⁴ Fatimah Hospital, Malaysia.
³⁵ Minneapolis Heart Institute, United States.
³⁶ McMaster University, Canada.
³⁷ Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, Queen Mary University of London.
³⁸ Università di Padova, Italy.
³⁹ Centro di Riferimento Oncologico Aviano, Italy.
⁴⁰ Tata Memorial Hospital, India.
⁴¹ MIOT Hospitals, India.
⁴² Turku University Hospital, Finland.
⁴³ Medanta-The Medicity, India.
⁴⁴ University Hospital Waterford, Ireland.
⁴⁵ University of Michigan, United States.
⁴⁶ Eastern Virginia Medical School, United States.
⁴⁷ University of West Indies, Jamaica.

PMID: 27613565
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2016.08.014

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Guideline

The SCARE Statement: Consensus-based surgical case report guidelines

Riaz A Agha et al. Int J Surg. 2016 Oct.

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. 2016 Oct:34:180-186.

doi: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2016.08.014. Epub 2016 Sep 7.

Authors

Riaz A Agha¹, Alexander J Fowler², Alexandra Saeta², Ishani Barai³, Shivanchan Rajmohan³, Dennis P Orgill⁴; SCARE Group

Collaborators

SCARE Group:
Raafat Afifi⁵, Raha Al-Ahmadi⁶, Joerg Albrecht⁷, Abdulrahman Alsawadi⁸, Jeffrey Aronson⁹, M Hammad Ather¹⁰, Mohammad Bashashati¹¹, Somprakas Basu¹², Patrick Bradley¹³, Mushtaq Chalkoo¹⁴, Ben Challacombe¹⁵, Trent Cross¹⁶, Laura Derbyshire¹⁷, Naheed Farooq¹⁸, Jerome Hoffman¹⁹, Huseyin Kadioglu²⁰, Veeru Kasivisvanathan²¹, Boris Kirshtein²², Roberto Klappenbach²³, Daniel Laskin²⁴, Diana Miguel²⁵, James Milburn²⁶, Seyed Reza Mousavi²⁷, Oliver Muensterer²⁸, James Ngu²⁹, Iain Nixon³⁰, Ashraf Noureldin³¹, Benjamin Perakath³², Nicholas Raison³³, Kandiah Raveendran³⁴, Timothy Sullivan³⁵, Achilleas Thoma³⁶, Mangesh A Thorat³⁷, Michele Valmasoni³⁸, Samuele Massarut³⁹, Anil D'cruz⁴⁰, Baskaran Vasudevan⁴¹, Salvatore Giordano⁴², Gaurav Roy⁴³, Donagh Healy⁴⁴, David Machado-Aranda⁴⁵, Bryan Carroll⁴⁶, David Rosin⁴⁷

Affiliations

¹ Department of Plastic Surgery, Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK. Electronic address: mail@riazagha.com.
² Department of Medicine, Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
³ Imperial College School of Medicine, London, UK.
⁴ Division of Plastic Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
⁵ Cairo University, Egypt.
⁶ King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Saudi Arabia.
⁷ John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County, United States.
⁸ Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust, UK.
⁹ Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford, UK.
¹⁰ Aga Khan University, Pakistan.
¹¹ Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, United States.
¹² Banarus Hindu University, India.
¹³ Nottingham University Hospitals, UK.
¹⁴ Hyderpora, India.
¹⁵ Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, UK.
¹⁶ James Cook University, Australia.
¹⁷ North West Deanery, UK.
¹⁸ Central Manchester University Hospital Foundation Trust, UK.
¹⁹ University of California Los Angeles, United States.
²⁰ Bezmialem Vakif University, Turkey.
²¹ University College London, UK.
²² Soroka University Medical Center, Israel.
²³ Simplemente Evita Hospital, Argentina.
²⁴ Virginia Commonwealth University, United States.
²⁵ University Hospital Jena, Germany.
²⁶ Queens Medical Centre, UK.
²⁷ Shohada Medical Center Tajrish, Iran.
²⁸ University Medicine Mainz, Germany.
²⁹ Changi General Hospital, Singapore.
³⁰ East Kent University Hospitals, UK.
³¹ Cumberland Royal Infirmary, UK.
³² Dr. Gray's Hospital, UK.
³³ King's College London, UK.
³⁴ Fatimah Hospital, Malaysia.
³⁵ Minneapolis Heart Institute, United States.
³⁶ McMaster University, Canada.
³⁷ Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, Queen Mary University of London.
³⁸ Università di Padova, Italy.
³⁹ Centro di Riferimento Oncologico Aviano, Italy.
⁴⁰ Tata Memorial Hospital, India.
⁴¹ MIOT Hospitals, India.
⁴² Turku University Hospital, Finland.
⁴³ Medanta-The Medicity, India.
⁴⁴ University Hospital Waterford, Ireland.
⁴⁵ University of Michigan, United States.
⁴⁶ Eastern Virginia Medical School, United States.
⁴⁷ University of West Indies, Jamaica.

PMID: 27613565
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2016.08.014

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Erratum to "The SCARE guidelines: Consensus-based surgical case report guidelines" [Int. J. Surg. 34 (2016) 180-186].
Agha RA, Fowler AJ, Saeta A, Barai I, Rajmohan S, Orgill DP; SCARE Group. Agha RA, et al. Int J Surg. 2016 Dec;36(Pt A):396. doi: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2016.11.021. Epub 2016 Nov 16. Int J Surg. 2016. PMID: 27851898 No abstract available.
Erratum to "Erratum to "The SCARE guidelines: Consensus-based surgical case report guidelines" [Int. J. Surg. 34 (2016) 180-186]" [Int. J. Surg. 36 (2016) 396].
Agha RA, Fowler AJ, Saeta A, Barai I, Rajmohan S, Orgill DP; SCARE Group. Agha RA, et al. Int J Surg. 2017 Nov;47:151. doi: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2017.08.568. Epub 2017 Aug 25. Int J Surg. 2017. PMID: 28847721 No abstract available.

Abstract

Introduction: Case reports have been a long held tradition within the surgical literature. Reporting guidelines can improve transparency and reporting quality. However, recent consensus-based guidelines for case reports (CARE) are not surgically focused. Our objective was to develop surgical case report guidelines.

Methods: The CARE statement was used as the basis for a Delphi consensus. The Delphi questionnaire was administered via Google Forms and conducted using standard Delphi methodology. A multidisciplinary group of surgeons and others with expertise in the reporting of case reports were invited to participate. In round one, participants stated how each item of the CARE statement should be changed and what additional items were needed. Revised and additional items from round one were put forward into a further round, where participants voted on the extent of their agreement with each item, using a nine-point Likert scale, as proposed by the Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluations (GRADE) working group.

Results: In round one, there was a 64% (38/59) response rate. Following adjustment of the guideline with the incorporation of recommended changes, round two commenced and there was an 83% (49/59) response rate. All but one of the items were approved by the participants, with Likert scores 7-9 awarded by >70% of respondents. The final guideline consists of a 14-item checklist.

Conclusion: We present the SCARE Guideline, consisting of a 14-item checklist that will improve the reporting quality of surgical case reports.

Keywords: CARE; Case report; Guideline; Surgery.

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