Surgical outcome improvement by shared decision-making: value of a preoperative multidisciplinary target clinic for the elderly in colorectal surgery.

Purpose: Frailty and comorbidities increase the risk of postoperative complications and raise treatment costs. Perioperative optimisation is shown to improve surgical outcomes for the elderly. The aim of this study was to assess the impact of introducing a multidisciplinary preoperative clinic for older patients (Colchester Older Persons' Evaluation for Surgery (COPES) clinic) undergoing major colorectal surgery.

The impact of the European Association of Endoscopic Surgery research grant scheme-a mixed qualitative quantitative methodology study protocol.

Background: The European Association of Endoscopic Surgery (EAES) is a surgical society who promotes the development and expansion of minimally invasive surgery to surgeons and surgical trainees. It does so through its activities in education, training, and research. The EAES research committee aims to promote the highest quality clinical research in endoscopic and minimally invasive surgery.

The first international Delphi consensus statement on Laparoscopic Gastrointestinal surgery.

Background: Laparoscopic surgery has almost replaced open surgery in many areas of Gastro-Intestinal (GI) surgery. There is currently no published expert consensus statement on the principles of laparoscopic GI surgery. This may have affected the training of new surgeons.

Chronic groin pain following inguinal hernia repair in the laparoscopic era: Systematic review and meta-analysis.

Background: The impact of laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair (IHR) on chronic groin pain (CGP) prevalence, risk and daily activities compared to open IHR is still unclear.

Methods: A meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials comparing CGP rates in laparoscopic and open IHR was performed.

Results: 22 trials were included.