Open AccessHands on wet lab and live surgery training in PCNL: Any impact to surgical skills of attending surgeons?
Author(s) -
Iason Kyriazis,
Panagiotis Kallidonis,
Eleni Kyrkopoulou,
Theodoros Spinos,
Evangelos Liatsikos
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
archivio italiano di urologia andrologia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.429
H-Index - 23
eISSN - 2282-4197
pISSN - 1124-3562
DOI - 10.4081/aiua.2022.3.300
Subject(s) - medicine , percutaneous nephrolithotomy , general surgery , percutaneous , surgery , medical education , physical therapy
The clinical value and efciency of hands-on training courses in percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) remains undocumented. During the last 9 years, a two-day international intensive hands-on training course in uoroscopic guided prone PCNL is taking place in our department on a monthly basis. Course includes wet lab training in the porcine model and live surgery training. In this work we report the outcomes of a survey send to course participants questioning the impact of the course to their clinical practice.