Appraising the Uptake and Use of the IDEAL Framework and Recommendations: A Review of the Literature

Evaluation of new surgical innovations is complex and variably regulated, and historically the quality of surgical studies has been criticized. The IDEAL (Idea, Development, Exploration, Assessment, Long-term monitoring) Framework was established to provide a pathway for evaluating surgical innovations at each stage of their development in order to produce high quality surgical research. Since the inception of IDEAL in 2009, there has been no assessment of its use. In this review, we look at the uptake and usage of IDEAL by examining the published literature.

Source: International Journal of Surgery - August 8, 2018 Category: Surgery Authors: Asha Khachane, Yiannis Philippou, Allison Hirst, Peter McCulloch Tags: Review Source Type: research