Background:Robotic surgery is a complex innovation intervention.Recently,the number of robotic surgery case reports is increasing,but there is unclear on its reporting and methodological quality.Methods:The PubMed dat...Background:Robotic surgery is a complex innovation intervention.Recently,the number of robotic surgery case reports is increasing,but there is unclear on its reporting and methodological quality.Methods:The PubMed database will be searched with high-specificity search strategy from Jan 1,2012 to Aug 1,2018 to identify relevant records.Microsoft Excel 2016 will be used to generate random number and to select 100 robotic surgery case reports according our eligibility criteria.A data extraction form will be used to extract relevant information including first author,year of publication,journal,etc.The CARE guideline and JBI checklist will be used to separately assess the reporting and methodological quality of included studies.The data extraction and assessment of quality will be completed by independent two authors and any disagreement will be resolved through discussion or consulting the third author.Stratified analyses will be conducted based on extracted information.Review Manager 5.3 software will be used to present the results of stratified analyses with Inverse-Variance random-effect model.Results:The study is ongoing and will be submitted to a peerreviewed journal.Conclusion:The present study will summarize evidence on the reporting and methodological quality of robotic surgery case reports,and provide reference for future case reports but not limited to robotic surgery.Ethics and dissemination:Ethical approval is not required because this study will not include any confidential personal data and interventions on the patients.The results of this study will be published in a peerreviewed publication.展开更多
文摘Background:Robotic surgery is a complex innovation intervention.Recently,the number of robotic surgery case reports is increasing,but there is unclear on its reporting and methodological quality.Methods:The PubMed database will be searched with high-specificity search strategy from Jan 1,2012 to Aug 1,2018 to identify relevant records.Microsoft Excel 2016 will be used to generate random number and to select 100 robotic surgery case reports according our eligibility criteria.A data extraction form will be used to extract relevant information including first author,year of publication,journal,etc.The CARE guideline and JBI checklist will be used to separately assess the reporting and methodological quality of included studies.The data extraction and assessment of quality will be completed by independent two authors and any disagreement will be resolved through discussion or consulting the third author.Stratified analyses will be conducted based on extracted information.Review Manager 5.3 software will be used to present the results of stratified analyses with Inverse-Variance random-effect model.Results:The study is ongoing and will be submitted to a peerreviewed journal.Conclusion:The present study will summarize evidence on the reporting and methodological quality of robotic surgery case reports,and provide reference for future case reports but not limited to robotic surgery.Ethics and dissemination:Ethical approval is not required because this study will not include any confidential personal data and interventions on the patients.The results of this study will be published in a peerreviewed publication.
