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Laven, P.; Beltman, J.J.; Bense, J.E.; Aa, M.A. van der; Gorp, T. van; Vos, M.C.; ... ; Kruitwagen, R.F.P.M. (2021)

Incomplete surgical staging in clinical early-stage ovarian cancer: guidelines versus daily practice

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Background: Incomplete surgical staging of patients with early-stage epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) has been reported in up to 98% of cases, when based on the International Federation of Obstetrics and Gynecology (FIGO) staging procedure. The aim of the present retrospective study was to clarify the reasons for incomplete staging.Methods: The PRISMA (Prevention Recovery Information System for Monitoring and Analysis) technique was used to evaluate cases with FIGO I-IIa EOC based on incomplete staging from five gynecologic oncologic center hospitals in the Netherlands in the period 2010-2014.Results: Fifty cases with an incomplete surgical staging of EOC according to national guidelines were included. The most common reasons for incomplete staging were insufficient random biopsies of the peritoneum (n = 34, 68%), and less than ten lymph nodes being resected and/or found at pathology (n = 16, 32%). The most mentioned reason for not performing biopsies was, besides forgetting to do so...Show moreBackground: Incomplete surgical staging of patients with early-stage epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) has been reported in up to 98% of cases, when based on the International Federation of Obstetrics and Gynecology (FIGO) staging procedure. The aim of the present retrospective study was to clarify the reasons for incomplete staging.Methods: The PRISMA (Prevention Recovery Information System for Monitoring and Analysis) technique was used to evaluate cases with FIGO I-IIa EOC based on incomplete staging from five gynecologic oncologic center hospitals in the Netherlands in the period 2010-2014.Results: Fifty cases with an incomplete surgical staging of EOC according to national guidelines were included. The most common reasons for incomplete staging were insufficient random biopsies of the peritoneum (n = 34, 68%), and less than ten lymph nodes being resected and/or found at pathology (n = 16, 32%). The most mentioned reason for not performing biopsies was, besides forgetting to do so, believing that after careful inspection and palpation, taking biopsies is irrelevant and/or already are being taken while performing a hysterectomy (peritoneum of cul-de-sac, bladder). The value of contralateral pelvic lymph node dissection in case of a unilateral ovarian malignancy was also doubted, influencing the number of lymph nodes resected.Conclusions: The most important reasons for incomplete staging in EOC are, besides omitting elements by accident, questioning the importance of obligatory elements of the staging procedure. A structured list of staging steps during surgery and more evidence-based consensus concerning these obligatory elements might increase the number of complete staging procedures in EOC. (C) 2021 Published by Elsevier Inc.Show less
Ovarian cancer
Surgical oncology
Staging
Lymph nodes
All authors
Laven, P.; Beltman, J.J.; Bense, J.E.; Aa, M.A. van der; Gorp, T. van; Vos, M.C.; Boll, D.; Arts, H.G.J.; Reesink, N.; Trimbos, J.B.; Kruitwagen, R.F.P.M.
Date
2021-10-29
Journal
Surgery Open Science
Volume
7
Pages
6 - 11
DOI
doi:10.1016/j.sopen.2021.09.002