Cibula, DavidPlanchamp, FrançoisFischerova, DanielaFotopoulou, ChristinaKohler, ChristhardtLandoni, FabioMathevet, PatriceNaik, RajPonce i Sebastià, JordiRaspagliesi, FrancescoRodolakis, AlexandrosTamussino, KarlTaskiran, CagatayVergote, IgnaceWimberger, PaulineEriksson, Ane Gerda ZahlQuerleu, Denis2021-03-102021-03-102020-01-011048-891Xhttps://hdl.handle.net/2445/174880Background: optimizing and ensuring the quality of surgical care is essential to improve the management and outcome of patients with cervical cancer.To develop a list of quality indicators for surgical treatment of cervical cancer that can be used to audit and improve clinical practice. Methods: quality indicators were developed using a four-step evaluation process that included a systematic literature search to identify potential quality indicators, in-person meetings of an ad hoc group of international experts, an internal validation process, and external review by a large panel of European clinicians and patient representatives. Results: fifteen structural, process, and outcome indicators were selected. Using a structured format, each quality indicator has a description specifying what the indicator is measuring. Measurability specifications are also detailed to define how the indicator will be measured in practice. Each indicator has a target which gives practitioners and health administrators a quantitative basis for improving care and organizational processes. Discussion: implementation of institutional quality assurance programs can improve quality of care, even in high-volume centers. This set of quality indicators from the European Society of Gynaecological Cancer may be a major instrument to improve the quality of surgical treatment of cervical cancer.12 p.application/pdfengcc by (c) Cibula et al, 2020http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/es/Cirurgia ginecològicaCirurgia oncològicaCàncer de coll uteríGynecologic surgerySurgical oncologyCervix cancerinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article6952702021-03-10info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess31900285