Gracias a la amcgmx por la invitación a participar en este simposio hoy por la tarde.

Se presentarán algunos resultados preliminares de GECKO Study.

⚠️ 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!

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

Sivesh K Kamarajah NIHR Global Surgery GECKO Study IHPBA Prof Ewen Harrison A. Ramos-De la Medina, MD, FACS Riinu Pius Katie Shaw NIHR_GSU_lagoshub Dr Parvez David Haque Aneel Bhangu Omar Kouli Janet Martin BJS Academy Congrats NIHR Global Surgery 🦎 great progress!

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

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 🤩

Another milestone for the NIHR Global Surgery 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 NIHR Global Health

The clock is ticking 👀⏰

Only 🔟 more days to upload all your data onto REDCap!

Upload today and contribute to make GECKO Study as global as possible 🦎💪

Next week we’re having our Hospital and National Lead Webinar 4️⃣ 🥳

We will be discussing
👉 the study so far
👉 the next steps
👉 data validation
👉 follow-up

You won’t want to miss this one!

Choose from 2️⃣ meetings on the same day

See you soon 💪🦎

📢 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 🦎💪

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 E-AHPBA World Soc Emerg Surg

1. GECKO Study, led by the NIHR Global Health NIHR Global Surgery 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 Institute of Applied Health Research NIHR Global Surgery GECKO Study 🚨

GECKO Study is a prospective cohort study from NIHR Global Surgery 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 🧵

Update & Xtorial in GECKO Study