EAU 2018: The Surgical Experience Does Not Affect Radiation Exposure During Retrograde Intrarenal Surgery: Preliminary Findings From A Cross Sectional Study
The authors analyzed 60 patient who underwent RIRS for this study. Of this patient cohort 28 were performed by a senior surgeon and 32 were performed by a junior resident. Fluoroscopy time, operative time, and radiation dose was measured for all cases.
There was no significant difference in patient age, gender, bmi, preoperative stent, stone number, stone location, stone burden, or Hounsfield units between the two groups. Interestingly, there was also no significant difference in operative time, fluoroscopy time, radiation dose, complication rate and stone free rate between the two groups. When looking at factors that may affect radiation exposure during RIS, the authors found that the biggest factors were longer operative time and double-j stent placement.
The authors concluded that there was no association found between surgical experience and fluoroscopy time and radiation dose during RIRS.
This poster was presented as part of the stone treatment Expert-Guided Poster tour at the EAU Congress.
Speaker: L. Boeri
Authors: Boeri L., Gallioli A., De Lorenzis E., Zanetti S.P., Sampogna G., Fontana M., Palmisano F., Longo F., Malagò G., Brambilla R., Campoleoni M., Salonia A., Montanari E.
Written by: Renai Yoon, Department of Urology, University of California-Irvine, at the 2018 European Association of Urology Meeting EAU18, 16-20 March, 2018 Copenhagen, Denmark