Johanna Ruohoalho1, Eirik Østvoll2,3, Mette Bratt4, Vegard Bugten4,5, Leif Bäck6, Antti Mäkitie6, Therese Ovesen7, Joacim Stalfors3,8. 1. Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, P.O. Box 263, 00029, Helsinki, Finland. johanna.ruohoalho@hus.fi. 2. Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, P.O. Sahlgrenska Universitetssjukhuset, 413 45, Göteborg, Sweden. 3. Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, P.O. Box 426, 405 30, Göteborg, Sweden. 4. Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, St Olav's University Hospital, Sluppen, P.O. Box 3250, 7006, Trondheim, Norway. 5. Department of Neuromedicine and Movement Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway. 6. Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, P.O. Box 263, 00029, Helsinki, Finland. 7. Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Region Hospital Holstebro, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Noerrebrogade 44, 8000, Århus C, Denmark. 8. Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Ajman, United Arab Emirates.
Abstract
PURPOSE: Surgical quality registers provide tools to measure and improve the outcome of surgery. International register collaboration creates an opportunity to assess and critically evaluate national practices, and increases the size of available datasets. Even though millions of yearly tonsillectomies and tonsillotomies are performed worldwide, clinical practices are variable and inconsistency of evidence regarding the best clinical practice exists. The need for quality improvement actions is evident. We aimed to systematically investigate the existing tonsil surgery quality registers found in the literature, and to provide a thorough presentation of the planned Nordic Tonsil Surgery Register Collaboration. METHODS: A systematic literature search of MEDLINE and EMBASE databases (from January 1990 to December 2016) was conducted to identify registers, databases, quality improvement programs or comprehensive audit programs addressing tonsil surgery. RESULTS: We identified two active registers and three completed audit programs focusing on tonsil surgery quality registration. Recorded variables were fairly similar, but considerable variation in coverage, number of operations included and length of time period for inclusion was discovered. CONCLUSION: Considering tonsillectomies and tonsillotomies being among the most commonly performed surgical procedures in otorhinolaryngology, it is surprising that only two active registers could be identified. We present a Nordic Tonsil Surgery Register Collaboration-an international tonsil surgery quality register project aiming to provide accurate benchmarks and enhance the quality of tonsil surgery in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden.
PURPOSE: Surgical quality registers provide tools to measure and improve the outcome of surgery. International register collaboration creates an opportunity to assess and critically evaluate national practices, and increases the size of available datasets. Even though millions of yearly tonsillectomies and tonsillotomies are performed worldwide, clinical practices are variable and inconsistency of evidence regarding the best clinical practice exists. The need for quality improvement actions is evident. We aimed to systematically investigate the existing tonsil surgery quality registers found in the literature, and to provide a thorough presentation of the planned Nordic Tonsil Surgery Register Collaboration. METHODS: A systematic literature search of MEDLINE and EMBASE databases (from January 1990 to December 2016) was conducted to identify registers, databases, quality improvement programs or comprehensive audit programs addressing tonsil surgery. RESULTS: We identified two active registers and three completed audit programs focusing on tonsil surgery quality registration. Recorded variables were fairly similar, but considerable variation in coverage, number of operations included and length of time period for inclusion was discovered. CONCLUSION: Considering tonsillectomies and tonsillotomies being among the most commonly performed surgical procedures in otorhinolaryngology, it is surprising that only two active registers could be identified. We present a Nordic Tonsil Surgery Register Collaboration-an international tonsil surgery quality register project aiming to provide accurate benchmarks and enhance the quality of tonsil surgery in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden.
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