Influence of surgeon’s experience on fluoroscopy time during endourological interventions

Introduction and objective Fluoroscopy time influences radiation exposure of both surgeons and patients during endourological interventions. Changes in fluoroscopy habits of endourological surgeons after being informed about their fluoroscopy times were evaluated depending on their endourological experience. Materials and methods From April 2010 to April 2011, 402 endourological interventions in 337 Patients were assessed. Evaluated interventions were ureter stent placement (USP), ureter stent change (USC) nephrostomy change (NC), ureterorenoscopy (URS) and percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL). Fluoroscopy time (FT) and operation time (OT) were recorded. For USP, USC and NC, the surgeons were divided into two groups: group I with >2 years of endourological experience and group II with