Table 2.
Surgical workflow based on DORSCON status.
| Type | DORSCON status | Disease/procedure |
|---|---|---|
| Emergencies | Green/Yellow, Orange, Red | • Urosepsis with obstruction (not amenable to PCN) |
| • Abscess/Fournier’s gangrene | ||
| • Testicular torsion | ||
| • Priapism that failed initial treatment, requiring shunt procedures | ||
| • Penile fracture/genitourinary trauma | ||
| • Cystodiathermy (intractable haematuria from BPE, bladder cancer, radiation cystitis) | ||
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| Priority 1 | Green/Yellow, Orange, Red | • Radical cystectomy |
| • TURBT | ||
| • Nephrouretectomy | ||
| • Radical nephrectomy (> T2 renal tumours) | ||
| • Radical inguinal orchidectomy (testicular tumours) | ||
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| Priority 2 | Green/Yellow, Orange | • Radical prostatectomy |
| • Obstructed kidney | ||
| • Stented patients with obstructing ureteric stones | ||
| • Nephron-sparing surgery for T1 renal tumours | ||
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| Priority 3 | Green/Yellow | • Varicocelectomy/hydrocoelectomy |
| • Elective andrology procedures | ||
| • Nephrectomy (benign cause) | ||
| • PCNL | ||
| • BPE surgery | ||
| • Reconstructive/functional urology surgery | ||
DORSCON Yellow/Green: Priority 1, 2 and 3; DORSCON Orange: only Priority 1 and 2; DORSCON Red: only Priority 1 and emergencies. All procedures to follow institution-specific protocols for personal protective equipment. BPE: benign prostatic enlargement, DORSCON: Disease Outbreak Response System Condition, PCN: percutaneous nephrostomy, PCNL: percutaneous nephrolithotripsy, TURBT: transurethral resection of bladder tumour