Improving Outcomes for Patients with Lower Abdominal Transverse Incisional Hernias
A Previously Unrecognised Cause of Abdominal Pain
A new cause of pelvic and abdominal pain, under-diagnosed and disproportionately affecting younger women
A Prospective Cohort Study of Symptoms and Risk Factors
LATITUDE-1 aims to define symptoms, identify risk factors and provide evidence to help patients
Be Part of a High-Impact Study with PubMed recognition
PubMed citable co-authorship for all collaborators in the LATITUDE network
Join the LATITUDE-1 Study
Join with your site and team. No previous experience required.
A simple clinical audit investigating findings of Lower Abdominal Tranverse Incisional Hernias during routine laparoscopic procedures.
Here is how to take part
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Register Your Site
Complete an expression of interest form at the link below, or click ‘register’ at the top of the site. All you need is an email address and your site. You will then be sent an automatic email with the next steps.
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Identify One or More Teams
Identify people at your site to participate in the study. You will need a lead consultant or attending and at least one other person at each site. Teams are up to 5 people in size per data collection period. You can have as many data collection periods as you like until the end of the study. Collect their email addresses and information to complete the site registration.
You will need team members to complete an ORCiD registration to get a unique number (ORCiD) so we can make sure everyone is registered as an author.
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Gain Necessary Approvals
You cannot contribute to the LATITUDE study without approvals at your centre. You will need to gain audit, service evaluation or research approval depending on your country.
In the UK, you will also need Caldicott Guardian approval. Once these are in place and confirmed you can start contributing and your site will go live.
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Gain PubMed Citable Co-Authorship
Your data needs to meet our high data quality standards. We use a variety of checks on this, including comparing the number of cases included compared with the number of expected laparoscopic operations. All consecutive cases should be included.
Once your data is checked and included, you and your team will be recognised as PubMed citable coauthors on any arising manuscripts. It often takes a while for these manuscripts to be published, but we will update you when this happens!
Join the LATITUDE Study
Sign your team up here