Radical Hysterectomy with Lymph Node Dissection Cost in Gurgaon, India

The cost of radical hysterectomy in Gurgaon typically ranges from $1,500 to $4,230 USD (about ₹1.42 lakh to ₹4.01 lakh), depending on the hospital, room category and type of procedure.

A typical estimate for radical hysterectomy in Gurgaon is around $2,700 (about ₹2.56 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 $1,500 (about ₹1.42 lakh). It is likely to be nearer $4,230 (about ₹4.01 lakh) if you need open or robotic surgery, your condition is more complex, you stay longer or you choose a private room.

When comparing Gurgaon 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 takes away the womb, cervix, upper vagina and surrounding tissue together with the pelvic lymph nodes, mostly 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 is worth asking the gynaecological oncologist which approach is advised and why.

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

Flying home: UK Civil Aviation Authority medical guidance recommends no flights for 10 days following open abdominal surgery, which usually means about a fortnight in Gurgaon.

A Gurgaon quote for radical hysterectomy is normally made up of these items:

• Pre-operative tests: blood work, imaging and an anaesthetic assessment.
• Theatre and anaesthesia charges: mostly set by time in the operating room.
• Consultant fees: which differ from one hospital to the next.
• Type of operation: open, keyhole or robotic where there is a choice.
• Open or keyhole: evidence favours open for cervical cancer.
• Ovaries taken out 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 taken out and any further treatment including chemotherapy or radiotherapy, so complex cases in Gurgaon can cost more than the range above.

Gynaecology services in Gurgaon are provided by multi-speciality and women's hospitals, with keyhole and hysteroscopic surgery widely available.

NABH, the hospital accreditation board of the Quality Council of India whose standards carry ISQua accreditation, sets the national benchmark for hospitals, and its online directory shows whether a Gurgaon hospital's accreditation is still current.

Gurgaon is part of Delhi NCR, where India's first hospital to gain Joint Commission International (JCI) accreditation did so in 2005, and JCI publishes a searchable list of the organisations it currently accredits.

Gurgaon was officially renamed Gurugram by the Haryana government in 2016, so hospital letters, maps and taxi apps may use either name.