Quality indicators in ovarian cancer surgery: report from the French Society of Gynecologic Oncology (Societe Francaise d'Oncologie Gynecologique, SFOG).

Background: Based on registries, the European experience has been that <50% of patients are treated according to protocols and/or benefit from the minimum required surgery for ovarian cancer. The French Cancer Plan 2009-2013 considers the definition of qualitative indicators in ovarian cancer surgery in France. This endeavour was undertaken by the French Society of Gynaecologic Oncology (SFOG) in partnership with the French National College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and all concerned learned societies in a multidisciplinary mindset.

A double blind randomized trial of wound infiltration with ropivacaine after breast cancer surgery with axillary nodes dissection.

Background: The effect of local infiltration after breast surgery is controversial. This prospective double blind randomized study sought to document the analgesic effect of local anaesthetic infiltration after breast cancer surgery.

Methods: Patients scheduled for mastectomy or tumorectomy and axillary nodes dissection had immediate postoperative infiltration of the surgical wound with 20 ml of ropivacaine 7.

Anaphylactic response to blue dye during sentinel lymph node biopsy.

The sentinel lymph node (SLN) procedure is now used routinely for the staging of clinically node-negative patients with early breast cancer. Two identification techniques exist: colorimetric and isotopic. These can be used alone or in combination.

[Effectiveness of analgesic techniques after breast surgery: a meta-analysis].

Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of locoregional analgesic techniques (thoracic paravertebral block (TPVB), wound infiltration (WI)) after breast surgery.

Study Design: Meta-analysis.

Methods: Searches of Medline and Cochrane were performed using the search terms "breast surgery" and "local anaesthetics" and "infiltration" or "paravertebral block".