The SCARE 2020 Guideline: Updating Consensus Surgical CAse REport (SCARE) Guidelines
Riaz Agha, Thomas Franchi, Catrin Sohrabi, Ginimol Mathew, Ahmed Kerwan, Achilles Thoma, Andrew J. Beamish, Ashraf Noureldin, Ashwini Rao, Baskaran Vasudevan, Ben Challacombe, Benjamin Perakath, Boris Kirshtein, Burcin Ekser, C.S. Pramesh, Daniel M. Laskin, David Machado-Aranda, Diana Miguel, Duilio Pagano, Frederick H. Millham, Gaurav Roy, Hüseyin Kadioğlu, Iain J. Nixon, Indraneil Mukherjee, James McCaul, James Chi‐Yong Ngu, Joerg Albrecht, Juan Gómez Rivas, Kandiah Raveendran, Laura Derbyshire, M Hammad Ather, Mangesh A. Thorat, Michele Valmasoni, Mohammad Bashashati, Mushtaq Chalkoo, Nan Zun Teo, Nicholas Raison, Oliver J. Muensterer, Patrick J. Bradley, Prabudh Goel, Prathamesh Pai, Raafat Yahia Afifi, R. David Rosin, Roberto Coppola, Roberto Klappenbach, Rolf Wynn, Rudy Leon De Wilde, Salim Surani, Salvatore Giordano, Samuele Massarut, Shahzad G. Raja, Somprakas Basu, Syed Ather Enam, Todd Manning, Trent Cross, Veena KL Karanth, Veeru Kasivisvanathan, Zubing Mei
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: The SCARE Guidelines were first published in 2016 and were last updated in 2018. They provide a structure for reporting surgical case reports and are used and endorsed by authors, journal editors and reviewers, in order to increase robustness and transparency in reporting surgical cases. They must be kept up to date in order to drive forwards reporting quality. As such, we have updated these guidelines via a DELPHI consensus exercise. METHODS: The updated guidelines were produced via a DELPHI consensus exercise. Members were invited from the previous DELPHI group, as well as editorial board members and peer reviewers of the International Journal of Surgery Case Reports. The expert group completed an online survey to indicate their agreement with proposed changes to the checklist items. RESULTS: A total of 54 surgical experts agreed to participate and 53 (98%) completed the survey. The responses and suggested modifications were incorporated into the new 2020 guideline. There was a high degree of agreement amongst the SCARE Group, with all modified SCARE items receiving over 70% scores 7-9. CONCLUSION: A DELPHI consensus exercise was completed and an updated and improved SCARE Checklist is now presented.