Modelling and reclassification of surgical procedures--experiences from the use of GALEN methods in the domain of thoracic surgery.
This paper reports on experiences from the evaluation of GALEN methods for mapping of follow-up categories in the domain of thoracic surgery to an existing classification of surgical procedures. The mapping of the aggregated levels or groups of thoracic procedures presents a genuine problem in relation to strict hierarchical classifications, since the follow-up categories do not necessarily fit in the pre-set structure of the classification. Experiences from modelling of the traditional classification and of the follow-up categories are reported, and an analysis of the results is presented along with a discussion of opportunities and potential problems and pitfalls when applying GALEN models and tools.
Carlsson
M
M
Department of Medical Informatics, Linköping University, Sweden.
Löfström
L
L
Rogers
J
J
Ahlfeldt
H
H
D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000145:classification; D006801:Humans; D007256:Information Systems; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D013548:Sweden; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D019616:Thoracic Surgical Procedures / Q000145:classification*; D018875:Vocabulary, Controlled