GECKO Study

Great sharing of experience of the collaborative research across the @NIHR_GSU over the past decade by @ewenharrison Sharing some early experience from the @gecko_study

Early morning views of Cape Town ahead of @IHPBA Looking forward to the meeting sharing @NIHR_GSU @WellcomeLeap @gecko_study over the next few days and planning for the next steps Also networking, horizon scanning and enjoying the city

What a fantastic research day it's been for the @NIHR_GSU @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 Tremendous journey 🚄 for the entire collaborative 🌎 and creating a sustainable network is key over coming months! Top recruiting countries for patients include: 🇬🇧 5,934 🇮🇳 4,781 🇮🇹 3,753 🇺🇸 3,338 🇦🇺 3,310 🇲🇽 2,332 🇪🇸 1,992 🇵🇰 1,975 🇹🇷 1,974 🇵🇹 1,464 Strong cross-organisation support through collaborations to deliver global project at scale: @NIHRglobal @IHPBA @EAHPBA @WSESurgery @unibirmingham @EdinburghUni

Another milestone for the @NIHR_GSU @gecko_study hitting >50k patient records 🚨 DATA LOCK Today🚨 Next steps ✍️ Validation 🍀 Data Analysis 📜 1st manuscript 🔢 Centre data feedback Massive effort all round - collabs & national lead collage coming! @IHPBA @NIHRglobal

4. Next steps? 🔢 Missing data chasing ongoing 🔗 Data validation in February 2024 ✍️ 1st manuscript 🍀 1-year follow-up Busy year ahead and exciting time for the network!

3. Representation in this study has been truly global hugely driven by national leads across the network #collaboration #globalsurgery

2. The study launched in August 2023, including eight data collection periods, developed together with 🤝 External advisory board 🤝 National leads from the @GlobalSurg @CovidSurg network 🤝 Partnerships with @IHPBA @EAHPBA @WSESurgery

1. @gecko_study, led by the @NIHRglobal @NIHR_GSU aims to understand and improve outcomes for one of the most common operations done worldwide! 💡Access to safe & timely surgery 💡Training in laparoscopic surgery 💡 Strengthening rural networks #healthsystems

🚨 Update on @UoB_IAHR @NIHR_GSU @gecko_study 🚨 @gecko_study is a prospective cohort study from @NIHR_GSU launched in August 2023 As the year comes to a close, the study has recruited almost 42k patients across 1150 🏥 from 107 🌏 Truly collaborative and a tweetorial 🧵