title: Development and validation of a checklist for assessing recorded performance of laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Despite a need for video assessment for the performance transabdominal preperitoneal procedure (TAPP), the present assessment tools have not been validated for the use of evaluation of the recorded performance. We aimed to develop a checklist for the evaluation of the recorded performance of TAPP.
  
  
  METHODS
  The TAPP checklist was developed by hernia experts from multiple institutes. Thirty unedited TAPP videos were rated by 3-blinded hernia experts. Inter-rater reliability and construct and concurrent validities were evaluated.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The inter-rater reliability for 3 raters was .75 (95% confidence interval .60 to .86). The median total score of each group demonstrated a significant difference among experienced (>50 TAPP), intermediate (≥10 TAPP, <50), and novice (<10 TAPP) surgeons (P < .001). The checklist score showed a high correlation with TAPP experience and previously validated global scale for laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The TAPP checklist is a valid metrics for the assessment of the recorded TAPP performance.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterological Surgery II, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Kita 14 Nishi 5, Kita Ku, Sapporo, Japan.
authors.forename: Saseem
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Poudel
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterological Surgery II, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Kita 14 Nishi 5, Kita Ku, Sapporo, Japan. Electronic address: yo.kurashima@huhp.hokudai.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Yo
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kurashima
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, KKR Tonan Hospital, Sapporo, Japan.
authors.forename: Yo
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kawarada
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterological Surgery II, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Kita 14 Nishi 5, Kita Ku, Sapporo, Japan.
authors.forename: Yusuke
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Asahikawa City Hospital, Asahikawa, Japan.
authors.forename: Yoshihiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Murakami
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Hakodate City Medical Association Hospital, Hakodate, Japan.
authors.forename: Yoshiyuki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Matsumura
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Teine Keijinkai Hospital, Sapporo, Japan.
authors.forename: Hiroaki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kato
authors.affiliation: Miyazaki Surgery & Hernia Clinic, Sapporo, Japan.
authors.forename: Kyosuke
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Miyazaki
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterological Surgery II, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Kita 14 Nishi 5, Kita Ku, Sapporo, Japan.
authors.forename: Toshiaki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shichinohe
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterological Surgery II, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Kita 14 Nishi 5, Kita Ku, Sapporo, Japan.
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hirano
mesh_terms: D057189:Checklist / Q000592:standards*; D002983:Clinical Competence; D005260:Female; D006552:Hernia, Inguinal / Q000601:surgery*; D059685:Herniorrhaphy / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D016730:Program Development / Q000379:methods*; D012372:ROC Curve; D066231:Surgeons / Q000592:standards*; D013526:Surgical Mesh
keywords: Assessment tool; Checklist; Evaluation; Laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair; Surgical education; Transabdominal preperitoneal repair