Expert Consensus-based Video-Based Assessment Tool for Workflow Analysis in Minimally Invasive Colorectal Surgery: Development and Validation of ColoWorkflow

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Autores principales: Jain, Pooja P, Mascagni, Pietro, Massimiani, Giuseppe, Banik, Nabani, Goglia, Marta, Arboit, Lorenzo, Baby, Britty, Balla, Andrea, Baldari, Ludovica, Silecchia, Gianfranco, Fiorillo, Claudio, Group, CompSurg Colorectal Experts, Alfieri, Sergio, Morales-Conde, Salvador, Keller, Deborah S, Boni, Luigi, Padoy, Nicolas
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author Jain, Pooja P
Mascagni, Pietro
Massimiani, Giuseppe
Banik, Nabani
Goglia, Marta
Arboit, Lorenzo
Baby, Britty
Balla, Andrea
Baldari, Ludovica
Silecchia, Gianfranco
Fiorillo, Claudio
Group, CompSurg Colorectal Experts
Alfieri, Sergio
Morales-Conde, Salvador
Keller, Deborah S
Boni, Luigi
Padoy, Nicolas
author_facet Jain, Pooja P
Mascagni, Pietro
Massimiani, Giuseppe
Banik, Nabani
Goglia, Marta
Arboit, Lorenzo
Baby, Britty
Balla, Andrea
Baldari, Ludovica
Silecchia, Gianfranco
Fiorillo, Claudio
Group, CompSurg Colorectal Experts
Alfieri, Sergio
Morales-Conde, Salvador
Keller, Deborah S
Boni, Luigi
Padoy, Nicolas
contents Minimally invasive colorectal surgery is characterized by procedural variability, a difficult learning curve, and complications that impact quality and outcomes. Video-based assessment (VBA) offers an opportunity to generate data-driven insights to reduce variability, optimize training, and improve surgical performance. However, existing tools for workflow analysis remain difficult to standardize and implement. This study aims to develop and validate a VBA tool for workflow analysis across minimally invasive colorectal procedures. A Delphi process was conducted to achieve consensus on generalizable workflow descriptors. The resulting framework informed the development of a new VBA tool, ColoWorkflow. Independent raters then applied ColoWorkflow to a multicentre video dataset of laparoscopic and robotic colorectal surgery (CRS). Applicability and inter-rater reliability were evaluated. Consensus was achieved for 10 procedure-agnostic phases and 34 procedure-specific steps describing CRS workflows. ColoWorkflow was developed and applied to 54 colorectal operative videos (left and right hemicolectomies, sigmoid and rectosigmoid resections, and total proctocolectomies) from five centres. The tool demonstrated broad applicability, with all but one label utilized. Inter-rater reliability was moderate, with mean Cohen's K of 0.71 for phases and 0.66 for steps. Most discrepancies arose at phase transitions and step boundary definitions. ColoWorkflow is the first consensus-based, validated VBA tool for comprehensive workflow analysis in minimally invasive CRS. It establishes a reproducible framework for video-based performance assessment, enabling benchmarking across institutions and supporting the development of artificial intelligence-driven workflow recognition. Its adoption may standardize training, accelerate competency acquisition, and advance data-informed surgical quality improvement.
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spellingShingle Expert Consensus-based Video-Based Assessment Tool for Workflow Analysis in Minimally Invasive Colorectal Surgery: Development and Validation of ColoWorkflow
Jain, Pooja P
Mascagni, Pietro
Massimiani, Giuseppe
Banik, Nabani
Goglia, Marta
Arboit, Lorenzo
Baby, Britty
Balla, Andrea
Baldari, Ludovica
Silecchia, Gianfranco
Fiorillo, Claudio
Group, CompSurg Colorectal Experts
Alfieri, Sergio
Morales-Conde, Salvador
Keller, Deborah S
Boni, Luigi
Padoy, Nicolas
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Minimally invasive colorectal surgery is characterized by procedural variability, a difficult learning curve, and complications that impact quality and outcomes. Video-based assessment (VBA) offers an opportunity to generate data-driven insights to reduce variability, optimize training, and improve surgical performance. However, existing tools for workflow analysis remain difficult to standardize and implement. This study aims to develop and validate a VBA tool for workflow analysis across minimally invasive colorectal procedures. A Delphi process was conducted to achieve consensus on generalizable workflow descriptors. The resulting framework informed the development of a new VBA tool, ColoWorkflow. Independent raters then applied ColoWorkflow to a multicentre video dataset of laparoscopic and robotic colorectal surgery (CRS). Applicability and inter-rater reliability were evaluated. Consensus was achieved for 10 procedure-agnostic phases and 34 procedure-specific steps describing CRS workflows. ColoWorkflow was developed and applied to 54 colorectal operative videos (left and right hemicolectomies, sigmoid and rectosigmoid resections, and total proctocolectomies) from five centres. The tool demonstrated broad applicability, with all but one label utilized. Inter-rater reliability was moderate, with mean Cohen's K of 0.71 for phases and 0.66 for steps. Most discrepancies arose at phase transitions and step boundary definitions. ColoWorkflow is the first consensus-based, validated VBA tool for comprehensive workflow analysis in minimally invasive CRS. It establishes a reproducible framework for video-based performance assessment, enabling benchmarking across institutions and supporting the development of artificial intelligence-driven workflow recognition. Its adoption may standardize training, accelerate competency acquisition, and advance data-informed surgical quality improvement.
title Expert Consensus-based Video-Based Assessment Tool for Workflow Analysis in Minimally Invasive Colorectal Surgery: Development and Validation of ColoWorkflow
topic Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.10766