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Compliance of Surgical Care in Patients with Carcinoma Endometrium in a Tertiary Care Centre in South India, to European Society of Gynaecologic Oncology (ESGO) Quality Indicators

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To analyse the compliance of surgical care provided to patients diagnosed with carcinoma endometrium, to the European Society of Gynaeacological Oncology (ESGO) quality indicators. This is a retrospective audit done in the Department of Gynaecologic Oncology. Electronic medical records of patients who underwent surgical management of carcinoma endometrium from January 2020 to December 2021 were assessed. A total of 163 patients had undergone primary surgery, and 2 patients had surgery for recurrence. The audit showed that the target for categories of general indicators and pre-operative work-up was met. There was lack in compliance to the intraoperative management, with only 34% among presumed early-stage disease undergoing successful MIS, 31% undergoing sentinel lymph node procedure and 53% among them being done using indocyanine green with 18% bilateral mapping rate. None of the patients had complete molecular classification. Compliance to adjuvant treatment provided was adequate. Minimal required elements in surgical reports were in 81% and pathological reports in 91% of patients falling short of the set target. The audit helped us identify the need to increase MIS and use and adapt sentinel lymph node procedure with ICG dye more aggressively. There also is a need for improvement in documentation of pertinent information on surgical and pathology reporting. Molecular classification should be routinely incorporated into the diagnostic algorithm to aid in adjuvant therapy.

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  1. Department of Gynaecologic Oncology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India

    Monica Thiagarajan, Vinotha Thomas, Ajit Sebastian, Dhanya Susan Thomas, Rachel Chandy & Anitha Thomas

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    Sherin Daniel

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    Thomas Samuel Ram

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MT and AT formulated the study design. All the authors helped in data collection, analysis, interpretation and conclusion. Manuscript preparation was done by MT and AT. All authors have reviewed the manuscript and agreed to be part of the published research.

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Highlights

• Quality indicators help in providing utmost care in patients with malignancy.

• The use of ESGO quality indicators for assessing the care being provided to carcinoma endometrium patients is the need of the hour.

• The indicators put forth by ESGO are comprehensive, simple, effective and very easy to utilise for periodic self-assessment, identify the areas of deficit and direct improved care.

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Thiagarajan, M., Thomas, V., Sebastian, A. et al. Compliance of Surgical Care in Patients with Carcinoma Endometrium in a Tertiary Care Centre in South India, to European Society of Gynaecologic Oncology (ESGO) Quality Indicators. Indian J Surg Oncol (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13193-024-01954-6

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