Table 2.

Comparison of results between 2007 and 2008

Subject	2007, %	2008, %
Laparoscopic surgery
Residents who have participated in more than 10 laparoscopic radical nephrectomies in the last year	64	71
Residents who believe laparoscopic radical nephrectomy to be the gold standard	93	100
Residents who have participated in a laparoscopic radical prostatectomy in the last year	64	68
Residents who believe laparoscopic radical prostatectomy looks promising	61	46
Robotic surgery
Residents training at institutions where urological robotic procedures are performed	4	36
Residents who think robotic surgery will increase in the future	75	71
Residents who plan on doing robotic surgery after residency	29	39
Education
Residents who train at institutions with fellowship-trained laparoscopic surgeons	77	86
Residents who rank their current experience with laparoscopy as good or extensive	71	64
Residents who plan on doing fellowship after residency	73	79
Proportion of residents pursuing a fellowship in laparoscopy	37	50
Percutaneous nephrolithotomy
Residents training at institutions where percutaneous access is obtained primarily by urologists	43	32
Residents who plan on performing their own percutaneous access in the future	63	37
Percutaneous ablative surgery
Residents training at institutions where percutaneous needle ablative procedures are performed	61	82
Proportion of these percutaneous procedures performed by radiologists	71	61