Table 4

QPIs and potential reasons for exclusion

Quality performance indicatorsPotential reason for exclusion
1. Radiological stagingPatients undergoing chemotherapy prior to orchidectomy.
2. Preoperative assessmentPatients who refuse to undergo assessment.
Patients undergoing chemotherapy prior to orchidectomy.
3. Primary orchidectomyPatients undergoing chemotherapy prior to orchidectomy.
4. Multidisciplinary team meetingNo exclusion.
5. Pathology reportingNo exclusion.
6. Quality of adjuvant treatmentPatients who are treated within a clinical trial.
7. Serum tumour markersNo exclusion.
8. Systemic therapyPatients whose primary chemotherapy management is as part of a chemotherapy clinical trial.
9. CT scanning for surveillance patientsPatients who have received adjuvant chemotherapy.
Patients who are treated within a clinical trial.
10. 30-day mortalityNo exclusions.
  • QPI, quality performance indicator.