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Who to Include?
- Any adult patient >16 years
- Elective or emergency abdominal surgery patients
- Any operative approach
- Any abdominal incision
RECON: Inclusion and Exclusion Rachel Thavayogan STARSurg Steering - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
RECON: Inclusion and Exclusion Rachel Thavayogan STARSurg Steering - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
RECON: Inclusion and Exclusion Rachel Thavayogan STARSurg Steering Committee 4 th Year Medical Student @starsurgUK | www.starsurg.org Who to Include? Any adult patient >16 years Elective or emergency abdominal surgery patients
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Which specialty?
- Any major abdominal surgery procedure
across general surgery, transplant surgery, vascular surgery, gynaecology and urology specialties.
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Which procedures?
- Visceral resections (single or multiple)
- Stoma reversal
- Open repairs of abdominal aneurysms or
vascular bypass procedures
- Hernia
- Transplant surgery
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Which procedures to exclude ?
- Abdominal surgeries without visceral resection
- C-sections
- Groin and primary hernias that are not incisional
- Vascular surgeries with no abdominal incision
- Trauma surgeries
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Which procedures to exclude ?
- Procedures performed without an abdominal
incision
- Elective day case
- Multiple surgeries for a single patient
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Example 1:
50 year old gentlemen comes into hospital for a planned rectopexy. Should he be included as a patient for RECON?
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Example 2:
A 65 year old gentlemen undergoes an emergency surgery for an abdominal aortic aneurysm. In theatre he has an endovascular repair of the aneurysm. Should he be included as a patient for RECON?
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Example 3:
65 year old woman undergoes an elective laparoscopic right hemicolectomy for a colonic cancer. Should she be included as a patient for RECON?
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Example 4:
A 35 year old woman undergoes emergency surgery for a ruptured spleen following trauma to the abdomen. In theatre the surgeon performs a splenic repair. Should she be included as a patient for RECON?
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Summary
- Include all consecutive patients who are
eligible
- If in doubt check the appendix in the protocol
- r check with your regional lead / STARSurg
steering committee.
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