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Extirpative renal surgery volume in training: different roads to the (same?) destination

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Abstract

Purpose

To describe the overall extirpative renal surgery (ERS) training volume reported by PU and PS.

Methods

Case log data from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) was examined from 2013–2016 for surgery residents (Sres), urology residents (Ures), pediatric surgery fellows (PSfel) and pediatric urology fellows (PUfel). Case log information for all levels of participation over all case categories that could potentially offer ERS volume were recorded. Volume was estimated using the mean number of included cases during residency and fellowship and the sum was used to estimate total training volume. Volume between groups was compared using the student’s t test.

Results

Case logs were included for 4447 residents (4259 Sres, 840 Ures) and fellows (188 PSfel, 71 PUfel). Mean PU volume was 113.1, which was higher than the mean PS volume of 10.3 (p < 0.001). For PU, more ERS were performed during residency than fellowship (p < 0.001). For PS the opposite was true (p < 0.001). When examining fellow training only, PUfel performed more ERS than PSfel (11.7 vs. 7.0 p < 0.001).

Conclusion

While previous publications note similar short-term outcomes for ERS for malignancy for PU and PS, ERS case volume during training is significantly different. Review of recent ACGME data indicate that PU have more overall experience with ERS, with most gained during residency. Additionally, PUfel performed significantly more ERS than PSfel. Further study into how these training differences affect long-term outcomes is necessary.

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Abbreviations

ERS:

Extirpative renal surgery

PU:

Pediatric urologist

PS:

Pediatric surgeon

ACGME:

Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education

Sres :

Surgery residents

Ures :

Urology residents

PSfel :

Pediatric surgery fellows

PUfel :

Pediatric urology fellows

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  1. Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA

    Madison Lyon, Nicholas G. Cost & Randall Meacham

  2. Department of Urology, University of Kentucky, 800 Rose Street, MS 237, Lexington, KY, 40536, USA

    Amanda F. Saltzman

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ML: data collection, data analysis, manuscript writing. NC: protocol/project development, data collection, data analysis. RM: protocol/project development, data collection. AS: protocol/project development, data collection, data analysis, manuscript writing.

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Lyon, M., Cost, N.G., Meacham, R. et al. Extirpative renal surgery volume in training: different roads to the (same?) destination. World J Urol 38, 2221–2226 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00345-019-03021-0

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