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Assessing The Adherence Of Operative Notes For Laparoscopic Appendectomy With The Royal College Of Surgeons Guidelines, Fatima Mannan, Roger Christopher Gill, Abdul Ahad Sohail, Abdul Rehman Alvi
Assessing The Adherence Of Operative Notes For Laparoscopic Appendectomy With The Royal College Of Surgeons Guidelines, Fatima Mannan, Roger Christopher Gill, Abdul Ahad Sohail, Abdul Rehman Alvi
Department of Surgery
Objective: To determine the frequency of adherence of laparoscopic appendectomy operative notes with the Royal College of Surgeons (RCS) guidelines at the tertiary care centre. Study Design: A clinical audit report.
Place and duration of study: The Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi between January and June 2018.
Methodology: Operative notes of laparoscopic appendectomy, written by residents of general surgery from trainee levels R1 to R5 during the study period, were included in the study. Each component from RCS guidelines, was assessed. The response to every question in proforma was marked either as Y=Yes or N=No. Overall score of more than …