Communication
Information about the project
- A research team in Lyon studies how surgeons could train like professional athletes, Hospimedia, April 17th 2023
- When research on surgeon performance is inspired by professional athletes. Le Monde, April 13th 2023
- How can surgeons learn from athletes, Le Progrès, March 24 2003
- Article presenting the project on the INSERM-RESHAPE laboratory website: TopSurgeons European Project
- National Research Agency – Summary of the fully funded TopSurgeons project from when it was submitted to the ANR (2017): Understanding the influence of human and organizational factors on surgeon performance to enhance patient outcomes: experimental evaluation of a customized coaching program – TOPSURGEONS
Team communications on the project
- Performance Monitoring Using Control Chart and Surgeon Coaching to Enhance Patient Outcomes. Ariadne Labs, Boston, 19 Sep 2023
- My surgeon is an elite athlete! Sport Unlimitech, Paris, 29 Jun 2023. (video at: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=i9I2iF0Yp90)
- Performance monitoring and surgeon coaching to enhance patient outcomes: the TopSurgeons project. Harvard Surgical HSR speaker series, Boston, 17 Jan 2023. (webinar at: https//csph.brighamandwomens.org/havard-surgical-hsr-speker-series-antoine-duclos-md-phd-jan-17-2023/)
- Understanding variations in surgical team performance to enhance patient outcomes. Jiao Tong University & Ruijin Hospital, Shanghaï. 06 Dec 2019
- Understanding variations in surgical team performance to enhance patient, outcomes. University of Information Technology & West China Hospital, Chengdu. 03 Dec 2019
- Reducing variation in surgeons performance to enhance patient outcomes. INSERM Methods. Centre of Research in Epidemiology and Statistics (CRESS), Paris. 20 Feb 2019
- [Understanding and controlling the human and organisationnal factors influencing individual surgeons’s outcomes] Comprendre et maîtriser les facteurs humains et organisationnels pouvant influencer les résultats individuels du chirugien. Modélisation des compétences chirurgicales et interventionnelles (MediCIS), Inserm – UR1 – UMR 1099 LTSI, Rennes. 31 Jan 2019
Scientific references on the topic
- Pasquer A, Ducarroz S, Lifante JC, Skinner S, Poncet G, Duclos A. Operating room organization and surgical performance: a systematic review. Patient Saf Surg. 2024 Jan 29;18(1):5. doi: 10.1186/s13037-023-00388-3
- Pasquer A, Pascal L, Polazzi S, Skinner S, Poncet G, Lifante JC, Duclos A. Association of Hospital Bed Turnover With Patient Outcomes in Digestive Surgery. Ann Surg Open. 2022 Dec 7;3(4):e229. doi: 10.1097/AS9.0000000000000229
- Skinner S, Pascal L, Polazzi S, Chollet F, Lifante JC, Duclos A; SHEWHART Trial Group. Economic analysis of surgical outcome monitoring using control charts: the SHEWHART cluster randomised trial. BMJ Qual Saf. 2023 Aug 8:bmjqs-2022-015390. doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2022-015390
- Skinner S, Duclos A. Continued Performance Improvement-What Practicing Surgeons Can Learn From Athletes. JAMA Surg. 2023 Mar 1. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2022.7732
- Duclos A, Cordier Q, Polazzi S, Colin C, Rimmelé T, Lifante JC, Carty MJ, Boyer L. Excess mortality among non-COVID-19 surgical patients attributable to the exposure of French intensive and intermediate care units to the pandemic. Intensive Care Med. 2023 Feb 25:1–11. doi: 10.1007/s00134-023-07000-3
- Le Thien MA, Cordier Q, Lifante JC, Carty MJ, Duclos A. Control Charts Usage for Monitoring Performance in Surgery: A Systematic Review. J Patient Saf. 2023 Mar 1;19(2):110-116. doi: 10.1097/PTS.0000000000001103
- Duclos A, Payet C, Baboi L, Allaouchiche B, Argaud L, Aubrun F, Bohé J, Dailler F, Fellahi JL, Lehot JJ, Piriou V, Rimmelé T, Terragrossa D, Polazzi S, Guérin C. Nurse-to-Nurse Familiarity and Mortality in the Critically Ill. A Multicenter Observational Study. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2022 Oct 11. doi: 10.1164/rccm.202204-0696OC
- Skinner SC, Mazza S, Carty MJ, Lifante JC, Duclos A. Coaching for Surgeons: A Scoping Review of the Quantitative Evidence. Ann Surg Open. 2022 Jul 8;3(3):e179. doi: 10.1097/AS9.0000000000000179
- Sens F, Viprey M, Piriou V, Peix JL, Herquelot E, Occelli P, Bourdy S, Gawande AA, Carty Mj MJ, Michel P, Lifante JC, Colin C, Duclos A; IDILIC Study Group. Safety Attitude of Operating Room Personnel Associated With Accurate Completion of a Surgical Checklist: A Cross-sectional Observational Study. J Patient Saf. 2022 Aug 1;18(5):449-456. doi: 10.1097/PTS.0000000000000954
- Payet C, Polazzi S, Rimmelé T, Duclos A. Mortality among noncoronavirus disease 2019 critically III patients attributable to the pandemic in France. Crit Care Med. 2022 Jan 1;50(1):138-143 doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000005215
- Skinner SC, Duclos A. Comment on Greenberg et al. 2021 « Association of a statewide surgical coaching program with clinical outcomes and surgeon perceptions ». Ann Surg. 2021 Dec 1;274(6):e928. doi: 10.1097/SLA0000000000005136
- Duclos A, Guerin C. From nurse-to-patient ratio to optimal team composition. Lancet. 2021 Sep 25;398(10306):1129-1130. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)01818-3
- Duclos A, Chollet F, Pascal L, Ormando H, Carty MJ, Polazzi S, Lifante JC; SHEWHART Trial Group. Effect of monitoring surgical outcomes using control charts to reduce major adverse events in patients: cluster randomised trial. BMJ. 2020 Nov 4;371:m3840. doi: 10.1136/bmj.m3840
- Claverie D, Trousselard M, Sigwalt F, Petit G, Evain JN, Bui M, Guinet-Lebreton A, Chassard D, Duclos A, Lehot JJ, Rimmelé T, Canini F, Lilot M. Impact of stress management strategies and experience on electrodermal activity during high-fidelity simulation of critical situations. Br J Anaesth. 2020 Nov;125(5):e410-e412. doi: 10.1016/j.bja.2020.07.024
- Payet C, Polazzi S, Obadia JF, Armoiry X, Labarère J, Rabilloud M, Duclos A. High-dimensional propensity scores improved the control of indication bias in surgical comparative effectiveness studies. J Clin Epidemiol. 2020 Oct 14;130:78-86. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2020.10.003
- Brunaud L, Payet C, Polazzi S, Bihain F, Quilliot D, Lifante JC, Duclos A.Reoperation incidence and severity wihtin 6 months after Bariatric surgery: a propensity-matched study from nationwide date. Obes Surg. 2020 Sep;30(9):3378-3386. doi: 10.1007/s11695-020-04570-9
- Payet C, Polazzi S, Lifante JC, Cotte E, Grinberg D, Carty MJ, Sanchez S, Rabilloud M, Duclos A. Influence of trends in hospital volume over time on patient outcomes for high-risk surgery. BMC Health Serv Res. 2020 Apr 1;20(1):274. doi: 10.1186/s12973-020-05126-4
- Sigwalt F, Petit G, Evain JN, Claverie D, Bui M, Guinet-Lebreton A, Trousselard M, Canini F, Chassard D, Duclos A, Lehot JJ, Rimmelé T, Lilot M. Stress management training improves overall performance during critical simulated situations: a prospective, randomized controlled trial. Anesthesiology 2020;133(1):198-211. DOI: 1097/ALN.0000000000003287
- Pascal L, Polazzi S, Piriou V, Cotte E, Wegrzyn J, Carty MJ, Chollet F, Sanchez S, Lifante JC, Duclos A. Hospital Length of Stay Reduction Over Time and Patient Readmission for Severe Adverse Events Following Surgery. Ann Surg 2020;272(1):105-112. DOI: 1097/SLA.0000000000003206
- Meunier E, Payet C, Peix JL, Kraimps JL, Menegaux F, Pattou F, Sebag F, Lifante JC, Duclos A; CATHY study group. Influence of Daily Variations in Individual Surgeon’s Operative Time on Patient Outcomes. World J Surg 2019;43(11):2720-2727. DOI: 1007/s00268-019-05081-0
- Haviari S, Chollet F, Polazzi S, Payet C, Beauveil A, Colin C, Duclos A. Effect of data validation audit on hospital mortality ranking and pay for performance. BMJ Qual Saf 2019;28(6):459-467. DOI: 1136/bmjqs-2018-008039
- Armoiry X, Obadia JF, Pascal L, Polazzi S, Duclos A. Comparison of transcatheter versus surgical aortic valve implantation in high-risk patients: A nationwide study in France. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2018;156(3):1017-1025.e4. DOI: 1016/j.jtcvs.2018.02.092
- Mercier F, Laplace N, Mitmaker EJ, Colin C, Kraimps JL, Sebag F, Bourdy S, Duclos A, Lifante JC; CATHY Study Group. Unexpected discrepancies in hospital administrative databases can impact the accuracy of monitoring thyroid surgery outcomes in France. PLoS One 2018;13(12):e0208416. DOI: 1371/journal.pone.0208416
- Patoir A, Payet C, Peix JL, Colin C, Pascal L, Kraimps JL, Menegaux F, Pattou F, Sebag F, Touzet S, Bourdy S, Lifante JC, Duclos A; CATHY Study Group. Determinants of operative time in thyroid surgery: A prospective multicenter study of 3454 thyroidectomies. PLoS One 2017;12(7):e0181424. DOI: 1371/journal.pone.0181424
- Lifante JC, Payet C, Ménégaux F, Sebag F, Kraimps JL, Peix JL, Pattou F, Colin C, Duclos A; CATHY Study Group. Can we consider immediate complications after thyroidectomy as a quality metric of operation? Surgery 2017;161(1):156-165. DOI: 1016/j.surg.2016.04.049
- Payet C, Lifante JC, Carty MJ, Rabilloud M, Duclos A. Methodological quality of surgical mortality studies using large hospital databases: a systematic review. Ann Surg 2016;265(6):1113-1118. DOI: 1097/SLA.0000000000002119
- Duclos A, Peix JL, Piriou V, Occelli P, Denis A, Bourdy S, Carty MJ, Gawande AA, Debouck F, Vacca C, Lifante JC, Colin C; IDILIC Study Group. Cluster randomized trial to evaluate the impact of team training on surgical outcomes. Br J Surg 2016;103(13):1804-1814. DOI: 1002/bjs.1029
- Maruthappu M, Duclos A, Lipsitz SR, Orgill D, Carty MJ. Surgical learning curves and operative efficiency: a cross-specialty observational study. BMJ Open 2015;5(3):e006679. DOI: 1136/bmjopen-2014-006679
- Maruthappu M, Gilbert BJ, El-Harasis MA, Nagendran M, McCulloch P, Duclos A, Carty MJ. The Influence of Volume and Experience on Individual Surgical Performance: A Systematic Review. Ann Surg 2015;261(4):642-7. DOI: 1097/SLA.0000000000000852
- Maruthappu M, El-Harasis MA, Nagendran M, Orgill DP, McCulloch P, Duclos A, Carty MJ. Systematic review of methodological quality of individual performance measurement in surgery. Br J Surg 2014;101(12):1491-8. DOI: 1002/bjs.9642
- Maruthappu M, Carty MJ, Lipsitz SR, Wright J, Orgill D, Duclos A. Patient- and surgeon-adjusted control charts for monitoring performance. BMJ Open 2014:e004046. DOI: 1136/bmjopen-2013-004046
- Maruthappu M, Carty MJ, Duclos A. Hospital pay for performance in England. N Engl J Med. 2013;368(10):968-9. DOI: 1056/NEJMc1215213
- Duclos A, Polazzi S, Lipsitz SR, Couray-Targe S, Gawande AA, Colin C, Berry W, Ayanian JZ, Carty MJ. Temporal variation in surgical mortality within French hospitals. Med Care 2013;51(12):1085-93. DOI: 1097/MLR.0b013e3182a97c54
- Maruthappu M, Duclos A, Orgill D, Carty MJ. Generation of a performance monitoring tool for operative time improvement in plastic surgery at the individual surgeon level. Plast Reconstr Surg 2013;131(5):702e-10e. DOI: 1097/PRS.0b013e3182865a0c
- Xu R, Carty MJ, Orgill DP, Lipsitz SR, Duclos A. The teaming curve: A longitudinal study of the influence of surgical team familiarity on operative time. Ann Surg 2013;258(6):953-7. DOI: 1097/SLA.0b013e3182864ffe
- Elbardissi AW, Duclos A, Orgill DP, Carty MJ. Cumulative team experience matters more than individual surgeon experience in cardiac surgery. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2013;145(2):328-33. DOI: 1016/j.jtcvs.2012.09.022
- Duclos A, Carty MJ, Peix JL, Colin C, Kraimps JL, Ménégaux F, Pattou F, Sebag F, Voirin N, Touzet S, Lifante JC; CATHY Study Group. Development of a charting method to monitor the individual performance of surgeons at the beginning of their career. PLoS One 2012;7(7):e41944. DOI: 1371/journal.pone.0041944
- Duclos A, Peix JL, Colin C, Kraimps JL, Ménégaux F, Pattou F, Sebag F, Touzet S, Bourdy S, Voirin N, Lifante JC; CATHY Study Group. Influence of experience on performance of individual surgeons in thyroid surgery: prospective cross sectional multicentre study. BMJ 2012;344:d8041. DOI: 1136/bmj.d8041
- Duclos A, Carty MJ. Value of health care delivery. JAMA 2011;306(3):267. DOI: 1001/jama.2011.987
- Duclos A, Lifante JC, Ducarroz S, Soardo P, Touzet S, Colin C, Peix JL. Influence of intraoperative neuromonitoring on surgeons’ technique during thyroidectomy. World J Surg 2011;35(4):773-8. DOI: 1007/s00268-011-0963-4
- Duclos A, Voirin N, Touzet S, Soardo P, Schott AM, Colin C, Peix JL, Lifante JC. Crude versus case-mix-adjusted control charts for safety monitoring in thyroid surgery. BMJ Qual Saf 2010;19(6):1-4. DOI: 1136/qshc.2008.031799
- Duclos A, Voirin N. The p-control chart: a tool for care improvement. Int J Qual Health Care 2010;22(5):402-7. DOI: 1093/intqhc/mzq037
- Duclos A, Touzet S, Soardo P, Colin C, Peix JL, Lifante JC. Quality monitoring in thyroid surgery using the Shewhart control chart. Br J Surg 2009;96(2):171-4. DOI: 1002/bjs.6418
The SHEWHART study conducted by the Health Data Service team evaluated the impact of monitoring the performance of surgical teams on postoperative morbidity and mortality. http://shewhart.univ-lyon1.fr/