A custom ChatGPT can accurately answer questions from an international expert osteotomy consensus statement.

PURPOSE

This study aimed to assess the accuracy of a custom ChatGPT in responding to questions specifically related to high tibial osteotomies (HTO), using an international expert osteotomy consensus statement as the source of information.

METHODS

A custom ChatGPT was developed using European Society of Sports Traumatology, Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy (ESSKA) osteotomy consensus for the painful degenerative varus knee as the primary training material. The custom ChatGPT was then tested for accuracy by generating responses to a series of 10 questions:five directly extracted from the consensus statement (Identical group) and five other common questions related to HTO (Random group). The generated responses were assessed by three knee surgeons using a bespoke scoring system. The scoring system evaluated accuracy, relevance, clarity, completeness, and adherence to the consensus. Each item was scored on a four-point Likert scale from 0 to 3. Inter-rater reliability was calculated with an intra-class correlation coefficient (ICC).

RESULTS

A total of 30 questions were asked to the custom ChatGPT by the three raters. The mean scores for accuracy, relevance, and clarity were 2.5 ± 0.8, 2.9 ± 0.3, and 2.9 ± 0.2, respectively. The inter-rater reliability for these scores was good (ICC 0.7, p = 0.004). Whereas, the mean score for completeness was 2.6 ± 0.5 with moderate inter-rater reliability (ICC 0.5, p = 0.1) and the mean score for adherence to the consensus statement document was 2.5 ± 1.1 with excellent inter-rater reliability (ICC 0.9, p < 0.001). There was no significant intergroup difference in accuracy, relevance, clarity and completeness (All p > 0.05). Only adherence to PDF was significantly lower in the random group 1.9 ± 0.5 versus 3 in the identical group (p = 0.01).

CONCLUSION

A custom ChatGPT can be trained to accurately answer questions from an international expert osteotomy consensus statement, indicating effective training and customization. This can serve as a valuable tool to guide surgeons in their practice by providing evidence-based answers to key questions in a time-efficient manner and is potentially applicable to other consensus statements and published literature.