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Trial reportUrology2020

Patient Counseling Through the Pelvicalyceal-shaped Labyrinth: In Search of an Easy Understanding of the Upcoming Stone Removal: A Pilot Study.

A Talyshinskii, B Guliev, B Komyakov, A Galfano

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Trial report in Urology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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4 authors.

A TalyshinskiiDepartment of Urology, North-Western State Medical University, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
B GulievDepartment of Urology, North-Western State Medical University, Saint Petersburg, Russia; Urology Center, Mariinsky Hospital, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
B KomyakovDepartment of Urology, North-Western State Medical University, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
A GalfanoDepartment of Urology, ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Milan, Italy. Electronic address: ali-ma@mail.ru.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo investigate the impact of a mobile application (app) displaying a visualization of the internal anatomy of the pelvicalyceal systemPCS and of kidney stones on patient understanding of their affected kidney anatomy and their upcoming percutaneous nephrolithotripsy (PCNL). MATERIALS AND

methodsOne-hundred patients who required PCNL were included in this study, and all patients were nonrandomly distributed into 2 groups: counseled using only 3D-reconstructed computed tomography (CT) images (group 1) or using only the "InsKid" app (group 2). Patient data were obtained from CT scans as Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine format and converted into stereolithography (STL) format. All patients completed the questionnaire after counseling, and the results were compared between groups.

resultsPatients from group 2 better understood the anatomy of their affected kidney by 53%; awareness regarding their stone location was better by 32%; the steps of planned surgery, as well as possible complications, were more transparent for patients using the app by 24% and 56%, respectively. The number of patients who were dissatisfied with the mobile counseling dropped by 70%. The average duration of consultation with the 3D reconstruction of CT images was 10.9 ± 0.6 min, while counseling using our program reliably led to a reduction in this duration (7.3 ± 0.5 min).

conclusionThe InsKid app is a freely available, easy-to-use educational software that improves patient counseling without considerable financial expense or long waiting periods for use.

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Mobile ApplicationsCounselingFemaleHumansImaging, Three-DimensionalKidney CalicesLithotripsyMaleMiddle AgedPatient Education as TopicPilot ProjectsProspective StudiesSmartphoneStaghorn CalculiTomography, X-Ray Computed

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PMID32473936
PMCPMC7263277

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