⚠️ Validation stage CONCLUDED!

A true testament to #globalcollaboration the GECKO Study has been able to join like-minded people to deliver high quality and impactful surgical research!

We are thankful to all our collaborators across the 🌍

Stay tuned for 🦎’s next steps!

📢 ORTOPEDIA

Call for National Lead 👉 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

Call for Hospital Leads 👉 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

What a fantastic research day it's been for the NIHR Global Surgery GlobalSurg GECKO Study

We delivered 2x webinar for national & hospital leads including >150 attendees

Lots of discussion around:
🍀 Data validation
🍀 1-year FU
🍀 Data analysis & key papers
🍀 Visions - inc. RCT

🔓Cardiovascular complications after major surgery are associated with increases in morbidity and mortality.

There is confusion over definitions of cardiac injury or complications, and variability in the assessment and management of patients.

This international prospective

We’re delighted to share our first publication from #CASACDE , with EuroSurg Students, in 𝘈𝘯𝘢𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘢 📄

CASCADE was an international prospective cohort study which quantified cardiac complications following major abdominal surgery 🫀

🔗: bit.ly/cascade-anaest…

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We have no words for our collaborators… 🥹

We’re thanking you for your efforts and dedication, that have allowed for the GECKO Study to have >5️⃣0️⃣K patient records on REDCap on data lock day! 💪🦎

We cannot wait for the next steps 🤩

We made 50K patients on the GlobalSurg #GECKO !
Such awesomeness from everyone involved! 🤩

🚨STARSurg - EuroSurg Students #CASCADE 🚨

Very excited to share the first paper from study is now live!

🔗 doi.org/10.1111/anae.1…

This cohort study included >24,000 patients across 446 hospitals in 28 countries from Europe. First time STARSurg delivering a large cohort

📢 GECKO Study collaborators

⚠️ Database closes January 1️⃣5️⃣ at 23:59 BST ⏱️

Now is the time to finish uploading all the data you’ve worked so hard to collect 💪

Make sure all records are complete ✅

Your contributions matter! This is the moment to ensure they count 🤩

Wishing you all a Happy New Year 🎉🥂

GECKO Study’s success is a testament to the teamwork and collaboration of this 🌍 network.

We’re so grateful for your dedication and efforts 🥹

Here's to a year of shared triumphs! May we continue taking GECKO Study further 🦎💪

Wishing you all a Happy New Year 🎉🥂

GECKO Study’s success is a testament to the teamwork and collaboration of this 🌍 network.

We’re so grateful for your dedication and efforts 🥹

Here's to a year of shared triumphs! May we continue taking GECKO Study further 🦎💪

Looks like our Gecko’s setae really have adhered all over the world, because…

… GECKO Study has just hit 4️⃣0️⃣k patient records on REDCap!! 🎉🎉

A global collaborative effort that makes us all want to go further! 🥹🥳

📢 ESTUDANTES DE MEDICINA

Têm apenas 1️⃣ semana para submeter a aplicação para se tornarem membros do Steering Committee do EuroSurg!! 🤓

Não deixem esta oportunidade escapar!

What an amazing way to start our week!
3️⃣3️⃣K patient records on REDCap 🤩

Time ⏰ to start chasing your missing data, as we’ve finished all our data collection periods! 👀

We’re at 3.ª Reunião da Sociedade Portuguesa de Hérnia e Parede Abdominal 🇵🇹, sharing NIHR Global Surgery’s #HIPPO study 🤓

Tomorrow, we’ll be sharing NIHR Global Surgery’s #HIPPO study at the 3.ª Reunião da Sociedade Portuguesa de Hérnia e Parede Abdominal 🇵🇹

We hope to see you there 🤓

Great landmark for the NIHR Global Surgery GECKO Study, >27K patients from 1014 centres and 105 countries!

Key next steps:

🚨 Missing data chasing
🚨 Quality assessment and validation
🚨 Planning 1⃣ paper

Exciting times! IHPBA E-AHPBA SAGES - Heading to Cleveland 2024 World Soc Emerg Surg NIHR Global Health

GECKO Study keeps on growing and it’s definitely a 🌎 team effort !! 🤩

What’s next? 👀

👉 Aim to have more than 9️⃣5️⃣% of a patient’s record complete;

👉 Data validation coming in February 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣4️⃣;

👉 GECKO’s First Paper - Webinar coming soon.