Abstract

Background:Well-designed surgical registries are essential for high-quality patient centred evaluation of implantable devices and surgical procedures. The importance of registries was highlighted in the recent Cumberlege report that detailed important innovation failures such as the use of vaginal mesh. Many surgical registries exist, but it is currently unclear how different registries are funded, governed, designed, and how their databases are hosted and utilised. There is therefore a need to understand the variation and characteristics of existing surgical registries to identify limitations and make recommendations for improvement. This work aims to understand the characteristics and heterogeneity in the design, governance, and function of existing surgical registries in the United Kingdom (UK).Methods:Existing surgical registries will be identified using multiple data sources including surgical society websites; search engine review; a targeted search of the Medline and Embase databases and expert knowledge. The data identified were reviewed following the synthesis without meta-analysis (SWiM) methodology. This information will be gathered from sources in the public domain only to fully understand registry transparency for professionals and the public. Details of each registry including disease area/condition/device evaluated; types of outcomes collected; governance, consent, and oversight; linkage to other datasets and funding will be extracted using a standardised data extraction tool. Characteristics of identified registries will be summarised into a narrative review.Dissemination:Findings will be presented at national and international conferences and published in peer-reviewed journals. Results will be presented to key stakeholders including surgeons, methodologists, trialists, regulators, data managers and patients to provide an up-to-date description of the current state of surgical registries in the UK. This work will inform a consensus process to agree how the design of new and existing registries can be optimised to support high quality research to benefit patients and the NHS.Highlights:Well-designed surgical registries are essential for high-quality patient centred evaluation of implantable devices and surgical proceduresPresently there is limited understanding on how these registries are designed, governed, what data they collect and how this data is utilised for research.This review aims to map the landscape of surgical registries in the UK, and understand how they are optimised for research.

Highlights

  • Mapping the Landscape of Surgical Registries in the United Kingdom: A Review According to the synthesis without meta-analysis (SWiM) Methodology

  • Well-designed surgical registries are essential for high-quality patient centred evaluation of implantable devices and surgical procedures

  • This review aims to map the landscape of surgical registries in the United Kingdom (UK), and understand how they are optimised for research

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Existing surgical registries will be identified using multiple data sources including surgical society websites; search engine review; a targeted search of the Medline and Embase databases and expert knowledge. The data identified will be reviewed following the synthesis without meta-analysis (SWiM) methodology. This information will be gathered from sources in the public domain only to fully understand registry transparency for professionals and the public. Results will be presented to key stakeholders including surgeons, methodologists, trialists, regulators, data managers and patients to provide an up-to-date description of the current state of surgical registries in the UK. Mapping the Landscape of Surgical Registries in the United Kingdom: A Review According to the SWiM Methodology.

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