Association between hospital surgical volume and perioperative outcomes of fertility-sparing trachelectomy for cervical cancer: A national study in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine the association between hospital surgical volume and perioperative outcomes for fertility-sparing trachelectomy performed for cervical cancer.

Methods

This is a population-based retrospective observational study utilizing the Nationwide Inpatient Sample from 2001 to 2011. Women aged ≤45 years with cervical cancer who underwent trachelectomy were included. Annualized hospital surgical volume was defined as the average number of trachelectomies a hospital performed per year in which at least one case was performed. Perioperative outcomes were assessed based on hospital surgical volume in a weighted model, specifically comparing the top-decile centers to the lower volume centers.

Results

There were a total of 815 trachelectomies performed at 89 cente

SUBMITTER: Matsuo K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7526700 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature