ENGINE-An EHS Project for Future Guidelines
Stabilini, Cesare (University of Genoa (Itàlia))
Antoniou, Stavros A. (Papageorgiou General Hospital)
Berrevoet, Frederik (University Hospital Medical School Ghent)
Boermeester, Marja (Amsterdam University)
Bracale, Umberto (Università degli Studi di Salerno)
de Beaux, Andrew (Spire Murrayfield Hospital (Edinburgh, Regne Unit))
East, Barbora (Motol University Hospital (Praga, Ctxèquia))
Gök, Hakan (Hernia Istanbul)
López Cano, Manuel (Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron. Institut de Recerca)
Muysoms, Filip (Abdominal Wall Surgery (Ghent, Bèlgica))
Capoccia Giovannini, Sara (University of Genoa (Itàlia))
Simons, Maarten (Hospital Amsterdam)

Date:	2024
Abstract:	Clinical guidelines are evidence-based recommendations developed by healthcare organizations or expert panels to assist healthcare providers and patients in making appropriate and reliable decisions regarding specific health conditions, aiming to enhance the quality of healthcare by promoting best practices, reducing variations in care, and at the same time, allowing tailored clinical decision-making. European Hernia Society (EHS) guidelines aim to provide surgeons a reliable set of answers to their pertinent clinical questions and a tool to base their activity as experts in the management of abdominal wall defects. The traditional approach to guideline production is based on gathering key opinion leader in a particular field, to address a number of key questions, appraising papers, presenting evidence and produce final recommendations based on the literature and consensus. The Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) method offers a transparent and structured process for developing and presenting evidence summaries and for carrying out the steps involved in developing recommendations. Its main strength lies in guiding complex judgments that balance the need for simplicity with the requirement for complete and transparent consideration of all important issues. EHS guidelines are of overall good quality but the application of GRADE method, began with EHS guidelines on open abdomen, and the increasing adherence to the process, has greatly improved the reliability of our guidelines. Currently, the need to application of this methodology and the creation of stable and dedicated group of researchers interested in following GRADE in the production of guidelines has been outlined in the literature. Considering that the production of clinical guidelines is a complex process, this paper aim to highlights the primary features of guideline production, GRADE methodology, the challenges associated with their adoption in the field of hernia surgery and the project of the EHS to establish a stable guidelines committee to provide technical and methodological support in update of previously published guideline or the creation of new ones.
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Subject:	Hernia ; Guidelines ; GRADE method ; Recommandations ; Methodology
Published in:	Journal of Abdominal Wall Surgery, Vol. 3 (july 2024) , ISSN 2813-2092

DOI: 10.3389/jaws.2024.13007
PMID: 39071940

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