Open AccessIs surgeon intuition equivalent to models of operative complexity in determining the surgical approach for nephron sparing surgery?
Author(s) -
Pranav Sharma,
Barrett Z. McCormick,
Kamran ZargarShoshtari,
Wade J. Sexton
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
indian journal of urology/indian journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.333
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1998-3824
pISSN - 0970-1591
DOI - 10.4103/0970-1591.179191
Subject(s) - medicine , intuition , surgery , nephron , general surgery , kidney , cognitive science , psychology
The choice of approach for partial nephrectomy often depends on surgical complexity. We aimed to determine if surgeon intuition was equivalent to markers of operative complexity, such as RENAL nephrometry and Mayo adhesive probability (MAP) score, in determining the surgical approach for partial nephrectomy (PN).