ArticleInternational urogynecology journal2023
Is the volume of Burch urethropexy sufficient for urogynecology fellows to meet the ACGME requirement?
Article in International urogynecology journal, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
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introduction and hypothesisUrogynecology fellows report low exposure to nonsling retropubic anti-incontinence procedures such as Burch urethropexy and thus may have difficulty meeting the required minimum case numbers, but there has been an even more objective exploration of this observation. Thus, our objective was to assess the feasibility of meeting the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) requirement for each urogynecology fellow to perform five nonsling retropubic anti-incontinence procedures during fellowship.
methodsCross-sectional study using the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP) and National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) databases from 2009 to 2019. From NSQIP, the number of nonsling retropubic anti-incontinence procedures (open and laparoscopic Burch urethropexy and bladder neck needle suspension) and midurethral sling procedures was extracted using CPT codes. The number of fellows was extracted from the NRMP database. Trends in the number of anti-incontinence procedures were compared with the trend in the number of fellows using linear regression.
resultsFrom 2009 to 2019 the number of fellows doubled from 81 to 176. An average of 97 nonsling retropubic anti-incontinence and 6,372 sling procedures were performed annually. Linear regression showed an increase of 10.7 fellows per year (95% CI 9.3-12.1) versus an increase of 5.8 nonsling retropubic anti-incontinence procedures per year (95% CI -0.4 to 12.1). This contrasts with an increase of 690.9 slings per year (95% CI 509.9-872.0).
conclusionsThe increase in the number of nonsling retropubic anti-incontinence procedures does not appear to match the increase in the number of urogynecology fellows. Supplementary educational approaches such as simulation may be prudent.
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