Validation of Subjective Rating Scales Used to Assess Surgical Conditions in Abdominal Surgery
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2014-04-01
Target enrollment:
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Summary
Use of neuromuscular blockade (NMB) may improve the surgical work space in patients scheduled
for laparoscopic surgical cases (e.g. hysterectomy, ovarian cystectomy, myomectomy). Clinical
studies investigating this question often use a numerical or verbal rating scale for
subjective evaluation of the surgical workspace. However, no good subjective rating scale
have been developed or validated. Neither have possible inter-individual differences in use
of such subjective scales been described.
Purpose:
The aim of this study is to validate different subjective rating scales to determine which
scale is most useful among surgeons.