Preliminary stage in the development of an artificial intelligence algorithm: Variations between 100 surgeons in phase annotation in a video of internal fixation of distal radius fracture.

Introduction: In order to be used naturally and widely, an artificial intelligence algorithm of phase detection in surgical videos presupposes an expert consensus defining phases.

Objectives: The aim of the present study was to seek consensus in defining the various phases of a surgical technique in wrist traumatology.

Methods: Three thousand two hundred and twenty-nine surgeons were sent a video showing anterior plate fixation of the distal radius and a questionnaire on the number of phases they distinguished and the visual cues signaling the beginning of each phase.