International consensus panel for transurethral resection of bladder tumours metrics

Objective: To develop performance metrics that objectively define a reference approach to a transurethral resection of bladder tumours (TURBT) procedure, seek consensus on the performance metrics from a group of international experts. Methods: The characterisation of a reference approach to a TURBT...

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Autores: Paciotti, Marco|||0000-0002-8456-6495, Diana, Pietro|||0000-0002-3259-1314, Gallioli, Andrea|||0000-0002-3316-5691, De Groote, Ruben|||0000-0003-4081-8221, Farinha, Rui, Ficarra, V., Gaston, R., Gontero, Paolo|||0000-0002-9714-6596, Hurle, R., Martínez-Piñeiro, Luis, Minervini, Andrea, Pansadoro, Vito, Van Cleynenbreugel, Ben, Wiklund, P., Casale, Paolo, Lughezzani, Giovanni|||0000-0003-3939-4521, Uleri, Alessandro|||0000-0002-2392-2775, Mottrie, Alexandre, Palou, Juan|||0000-0003-1264-5327, Gallagher, Anthony G., Breda, Alberto|||0000-0002-7842-9048, Buffi, Nicolò
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:dnet:uabarcelona_::cb318a57f746693af34c51776ad184ad
Acceso en línea:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/328219
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1111/bju.16433
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Bladder cancer
Transurethral resection of bladder tumors
Performance metrics
Proficiency-based progression training
Surgical education
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Sumario:Objective: To develop performance metrics that objectively define a reference approach to a transurethral resection of bladder tumours (TURBT) procedure, seek consensus on the performance metrics from a group of international experts. Methods: The characterisation of a reference approach to a TURBT procedure was performed by identifying phases and explicitly defined procedure events (i.e., steps, errors, and critical errors). An international panel of experienced urologists (i.e., Delphi panel) was then assembled to scrutinise the metrics using a modified Delphi process. Based on the panel's feedback, the proposed metrics could be edited, supplemented, or deleted. A voting process was conducted to establish the consensus level on the metrics. Consensus was defined as the panel majority (i.e., >80%) agreeing that the metric definitions were accurate and acceptable. The number of metric units before and after the Delphi meeting were presented. Results: A core metrics group (i.e., characterisation group) deconstructed the TURBT procedure. The reference case was identified as an elective TURBT on a male patient, diagnosed after full diagnostic evaluation with three or fewer bladder tumours of ≤3 cm. The characterisation group identified six procedure phases, 60 procedure steps, 43 errors, and 40 critical errors. The metrics were presented to the Delphi panel which included 15 experts from six countries. After the Delphi, six procedure phases, 63 procedure steps, 47 errors, and 41 critical errors were identified. The Delphi panel achieved a 100% consensus. Conclusion: Performance metrics to characterise a reference approach to TURBT were developed and an international panel of experts reached 100% consensus on them. This consensus supports their face and content validity. The metrics can now be used for a proficiency-based progression training curriculum for TURBT.