Compliance to consensus recommendations, surgeon's experience and introduction of a quality assurance and management program. – Influence on therapy of early-stage ovarian carcino…
S Kommoss, P Harter, A Traut, D Strutas, N Riegler, A du Bois · Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde · 2008 · Heft 09
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State of the art surgical staging and adjuvant chemotherapy in early-stage ovarian carcinoma has an impact on patient's outcome, but compliance to guidelines and consensus recommendations is still poor. This study reports on our results before and after introduction of a quality assurance and management program in our clinic in 2001. Patients with ovarian carcinoma limited to the pelvis who underwent primary surgery in our hospital from 1997 to October 2007 were eligible for this study. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were performed to evaluate the impact of compliance with our managemen…