Background The haphazard adoption of new surgical technologies into practice has the
potential to cause patient harm and there are many misconceptions in the decision-making …

Introduction Efficient adoption of clinically effective novel surgical innovations has great
potential benefits for patients. Factors affecting the adoption of surgical innovation are not …

Objective: The goal of this scoping review was to summarize the literature on facilitators and
barriers to surgical practice change. This information can inform research to implement best …

Background Surgeons have the responsibility to continuously enhance surgical practice.
Standardized processes for institutions to validate and approve the introduction of innovative …

Objectives: This article presents an original definition of surgical innovation and a practical
tool for identifying planned innovations. These will support the responsible introduction of …

Background Innovation Adoption Frameworks are applied in healthcare industry, but
surgical innovation does not follow the same models as medical innovation and it is not …

Background As it may be argued that many surgical interventions provide obvious patient
benefits, formal, staged assessment of the efficacy and safety of surgical procedures has …

Objective: This study explores how surgeons define innovation, critically examines and
evaluates these views, and uses the findings to develop practical criteria for identifying …

Objective Outcome selection and reporting in studies of novel surgical procedures and
devices lacks standardisation, hindering safe and effective evaluation. A core outcome set …

Objective: To develop a COS, an agreed minimum set of outcomes to measure and report in
all studies evaluating the introduction and evaluation of novel surgical techniques. Summary …