QUALITY ASSURANCE IN ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY

A number of operative procedures in gynecology are now being performed with the help of endoscopy, a development that was not based upon app ropriate clinical trials. Quality assurance is today's challenge in gy necological endoscopic surgery. Although as a rule data from quality r egisters cannot be used for comparative purposes, they may guarantee a basic standard of documentation of surgical results. Quality assuranc e is a continuous process and a means to improve quality in general. Q uality indicators are specific criteria that denote quality change and play a key role in quality programs. It is important to realize that quality in this sense may be viewed not only from the medical aspect b ut from a variety of perspectives including education, training and me dical care.