Research into this possible association could be explored further in countries with access to national registers of surgical procedures.
In our view, this is a strong argument to fund such ventures, possibly through pioneering new funding models.s As we have suggested, it might also be possible to collect data through local or institutional registers of innovative procedures and their outcomes, or by developing existing review structures such as new interventions committees.
In addition, the Institute has responsibility for the four national confidential enquiries and more recently for assessing the safety and efficacy of new interventional procedures (previously the responsibility of SERNIP Safety and Efficacy Register of New Interventional Procedures) and advising on the safety of borderline substances.
The integrity of the electoral process can be maintained by a variety of devices and practices, including a permanent and up-to-date register of voters and procedures designed to make the registration process as simple as possible.
In addition, a previous study (Pedersen et al. 2004) reported a high validity of data in the Danish Hip Arthroplasty Registry, with 94% completeness of procedures registered and a positive predictive value of between 84% and 100% for hip diagnoses for primary total hip replacement.
A log-book is a common way to register number and type of procedures performed but is limited by volume instead of quality.
Completeness in the DKR was defined as the number of procedures registered in the DKR divided by the number of procedures registered either in the DKR or the Danish National Registry of Patients.
Open image in new window Fig. 1 Scatter plot presenting surgeon's experience versus the number of procedures registered during the study.
The procedure has received a Cii categorisation (safety and/or efficacy not yet fully established; procedure requires a fully controlled evaluation) from the UK Safety and Efficacy Register of the New Interventional Procedures of the Medical Royal Colleges SERNIPP).
However, such involvement should not prevent the completion of procedures for registering such changes in their entirety online.
The distribution of type of procedures in our register is in accordance with the incidence of shoulder instability reported by others.
