Radical Hysterectomy with Lymph Node Dissection Cost in Chennai, India

The cost of radical hysterectomy in Chennai typically ranges from $1,250 to $3,450 USD (about ₹1.19 lakh to ₹3.27 lakh), depending on the hospital, room category and type of procedure.

A typical estimate for radical hysterectomy in Chennai is around $2,200 (about ₹2.09 lakh). What you pay depends mainly on your own case. If your operation is planned, done by keyhole or a standard method, and you go home after a short stay, your bill is likely to be closer to $1,250 (about ₹1.19 lakh). It is likely to be nearer $3,450 (about ₹3.27 lakh) if you need open or robotic surgery, your condition is more complex, you stay longer or you choose a private room.

When comparing Chennai packages for radical hysterectomy, check whether each quote includes:

• Surgeon and anaesthetist fees
• Operating theatre or procedure room
• Laboratory tests on removed tissue
• Hospital stay and room category
• Medicines and consumables
• Follow-up visits before you fly home

A radical hysterectomy with lymph node dissection removes the womb, cervix, upper vagina and surrounding tissue together with the pelvic lymph nodes, chiefly to treat early cervical cancer.

The LACC trial, reported by ASCO Post, found disease-free survival at four and a half years of 86.0% after minimally invasive radical hysterectomy, compared with 96.5% after open surgery.

Since then many cancer centres prefer open surgery for cervical cancer, so it makes sense to ask the gynaecological oncologist which approach is recommended and why.

The NHS outlines radical hysterectomy as removing the womb with the tubes, part of the vagina, the ovaries, lymph glands and fatty tissue, although in younger women the ovaries are sometimes kept.

Bladder difficulties can follow because nerves lie close to the cervix, and leg swelling (lymphoedema) can follow lymph node removal; recovery takes a number of weeks.

Fitness to fly: the UK Civil Aviation Authority's medical guidance advises waiting 10 days after open surgery on the abdomen, so allow roughly two weeks in Chennai.

In Chennai, the price of radical hysterectomy is generally built from these parts:

• Tests beforehand: bloods, scans and a check by the anaesthetist.
• Operating theatre and anaesthetic: billed largely on time spent in theatre.
• Specialist fees: which are set by each hospital.
• Surgical approach: open, keyhole or robotic, where more than one is possible.
• Open or keyhole: evidence favours open for cervical cancer.
• Ovaries removed or kept: depending on age and cancer type.
• Further treatment: radiotherapy or chemotherapy.
• Length of stay: a number of days.

Cancer surgery costs depend on the stage, how much is removed and any further treatment such as chemotherapy or radiotherapy, so complex cases in Chennai can cost more than the range above.

Gynaecology in Chennai is offered by multi-speciality and women's hospitals, with keyhole and hysteroscopic surgery widely available.

Hospitals in Chennai can hold NABH accreditation, India's national quality standard set by a board of the Quality Council of India and itself accredited by ISQua, and the NABH website shows whether an accreditation is still valid.

Joint Commission International (JCI) accredits a number of Indian hospitals, and its public directory lets you check whether a Chennai hospital on your shortlist is currently included.

Chennai was called Madras until the Tamil Nadu government changed the name in 1996, so older documents and some hospital paperwork may still use the earlier name.