The methodological framework of surgical innovation: The interpretation of IDEAL reporting guideline / 中国胸心血管外科临床杂志

@#Adherence to reporting guidelines contributes to report methodology and outcomes of research distinctly and transparently. There are some checklists with specific study types related to surgery on the EQUATOR Network’s website. However, the IDEAL framework focuses on stepwise evaluation of surgical innovation through all stages with some key elements, which those existing guidelines may not mention. This likely results in the inaccuracy in reporting in studies attempting to follow the IDEAL recommendations and suggests a pressing need for IDEAL reporting guidelines. Considering these limitations, the IDEAL developed the IDEAL reporting guidelines between October 2018 and May 2019. The paper aimed to provide interpretation of IDEAL reporting guideline, and promote its understanding and use among Chinese researchers.

The methodological framework of surgical innovation: the introduction of IDEAL framework and recommendation / 中国胸心血管外科临床杂志

@#Surgical innovation is an important part of surgical research and practice. The evaluation of surgical innovation through the stages is similar to those for drug development, but with important differences. The Idea, Development, Exploration, Assessment, and Long-term follow-up (IDEAL) Framework and Recommendations represent a new paradigm for the evaluation of surgical intervention and devices which was developed in 2009. The IDEAL is a five-stage framework involving the nature stages of surgical innovation, together with recommendations for surgical research pathway. The Framework and Recommendations were updated and published in 2019, which added a pre-IDEAL stage if necessary. The updated IDEAL also underlines the purpose, key question and ethical issues for each stage. In the first paper of IDEAL Framework and Recommendations series, we conducted a comprehensive introduction of IDEAL (e.g. the development, updates and application of IDEAL) to promote the dissemination and application of IDEAL in China.

Standards of surgical clinical researches: Introduction of IDEAL framework / 中华胃肠外科杂志

Many breakthroughs in the field of surgical clinical researches have been achieved in China, but the overall quality is relatively limited, largely because of the insufficiency in standardization, rationality and scientificity of methodology. In consideration of the nature of surgical procedures and equipments, it is necessary to establish a set of methodological system, suitable for the high-quality clinical research in the surgical field. IDEAL collaboration has put forward a systematic methodological framework for innovation in surgical procedure and equipment. For the clinical research on surgical innovation, the IDEAL framework can be divided into five sequential stages, namely, Idea, Development, Exploration, Assessment and Long-term follow-up. In different stages, the difficulties to be faced, the problems to be solved, and the research design to be adopted are diverse and progressive. Although the IDEAL framework is not perfect, it is currently the best framework for surgical clinical research. While performing surgical clinical research, we should continue to think about how to improve the surgical clinical research methodology.

Bibliometric analysis of home enteral nutrition in China / 中华临床营养杂志

Objective To analyze the current status of studies related to home enteral nutrition (HEN) in China,and provide scientific basis for the research and management of HEN in China.Methods We searched CNKI and WanFang Data since it built to January 1st,2018.The included studies were screened and categorized by publication information,study type,subjects of the study,topic,interventions and outcomes.Descriptive analysis was conducted after extraction of information.Results A total of 153 studies were included,of which 37 were observational studies,102 were experimental studies,12 were case report,and 2 were exploring articles.Since 2012,the number of studies has been increasing.Most of the subjects were elderly people who were diagnosed with diseases of digestive system,head and neck tumors and diseases of nervous system.These studies were featured as small sample size and short intervention time,follow-ups by telephone and home visit,less than 1/4 providing professional nutrition support team,and outcomes mainly as complication,nutritional biochemical indices,anthropometric indices and prognosis.Conclusion HEN in China is still in its infancy.The number of relative studies is still small and quality of literatures is very low,but it has been increasing.At present,there are some problems in the implementation of HEN in China,such as lack of standardized management model and professional team,short-term intervention,and single follow-up mode.The elderly and patients with digestive disease,head and neck tumors and nervous disease are the key subjects;more professional nutrition support team and scientific management model should be established in the future.