Technical assessment in minimally invasive complete mesocolic excision: Is the complete mesocolic excision competency assessment tool valid and reliable?
Tora Rydtun HaugMai-Britt Worm ØrntoftDanilo MiskovicLene Hjerrild IversenSøren Paaske JohnsenJan Brink ValentinMarcos Gómez RuizStefan BenzKristian Eeg StorliAdam T StearnsAnders Husted MadsenPublished in: Colorectal disease : the official journal of the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland (2023)
This study confirms that CMECAT can be applied to video recorded CME cases for technical skill assessment. Further, it can reliably assess technical performance in right sided CME surgery, where construct validity has now been established. More videos are required to evaluate its validity on left colonic CME. In the future, we hope CMECAT can improve feedback during CME training, serve as a tool in certification processes and contribute to distinguishing CME from conventional surgery in future research.