Stručni rad
https://doi.org/10.20471/LO.2019.47.02-03.14
Overview of surgical gastric cancer treatment according to the hospital volume in Croatia
Zvonimir Misir
orcid.org/0000-0001-5875-134X
; Department of Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Center, Zagreb, Croatia;
Suzana Janković
; Department of Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Center, Zagreb, Croatia;
Mario Šekerija
; Croatian National Cancer Registry, Croatian Institute of Public Health, Zagreb, Croatia;
Jakša Filipović-Čugura
; Department of Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Center, Zagreb, Croatia;
Burim Muhaxhiri
; Department of Anesthesiology, Reanimatology and Intensive Care Unit, University Hospital for Tumors, University Hospital Center Sestre milosrdnice, Zagreb, Croatia;
Iva Kirac
; Surgical oncology, University Hospital for Tumors, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Center, Zagreb, Croatia;
Sažetak
Gastric is considered neglected cancer in terms of stage at diagnosis and success of treatment worldwide. Early detection and quality of gastric cancer surgery remain the most important for successful treatment in terms of overall survival. In this paper, we focus on the overview of hospitals and volume of gastric cancer in Croatia as a possible baseline for quality assessment and implementation of existing quality guidelines. We accessed publicly available data from the Croatian Insurance Fund for the period between 1st January 2013 to 31st December 2018. For background information on gastric cancer incidence and mortality, we used Croatian Cancer Registry data available online. We obtained both the number of resected gastric cancer in all Croatian hospitals as well as the length of stay. Data analysis discovered that there is a clear volume difference between teaching hospitals and non-teaching hospitals; only the first have sufficient volume for quality audit. This overview stresses one of the most critical points in cancer surgery, volume of surgery as a quality indicator.
Ključne riječi
gastric cancer; surgery; Croatia; hospital volume
Hrčak ID:
233639
URI
Datum izdavanja:
28.1.2020.
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