Table 3.
List of Category B and C procedures with residents’ classification
| Procedure | What I think Royal College classification should be (%) | ||
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| Laparoscopic varicocelectomy (C) | 10.7 | 25 | 64.3 |
| Microscopic epididymo-vasostomy (C) | 0 | 25.9 | 74.1 |
| Vasovasostomy (B) | 7.1 | 42.9 | 50 |
| Insertion of testicular prosthesis (B) | 59.3 | 22.2 | 18.5 |
| Laparoscopic orchiopexy/orchiectomy for abdominal testis (B) | 37 | 40.7 | 22.2 |
| Correction of mid and distal shaft hypospadias (B) | 10.7 | 50 | 39.3 |
| Correction of proximal hypospadias and epispadias (C) | 0 | 53.3 | 46.7 |
| Correction of penile curvature (B) | 33.3 | 59.3 | 7.4 |
| Partial penectomy (B) | 67.9 | 32.1 | 0 |
| Total or radical penectomy (B) | 28.6 | 39.3 | 32.1 |
| Insertion of penile prosthesis (B) | 17.9 | 39.3 | 42.9 |
| Simple retropubic prostatectomy (B) | 57.1 | 35.7 | 7.1 |
| Transrectal ultrasound guided biopsy of the prostate (B) | 78.6 | 17.9 | 3.6 |
| Laparoscopic prostatectomy (C) | 7.4 | 25.9 | 66.7 |
| Percutaneous nephrostomy/obtaining access for percutaneous nephrolithotomy (B) | 39.3 | 53.6 | 7.1 |
| Anatrophic nephrolithotomy (C) | 3.6 | 32.1 | 64.3 |
| Open nephrolithotomy (B) | 7.1 | 25 | 67.9 |
| Procedures for renal trauma repair (B) | 50 | 39.3 | 10.7 |
| Open renal biopsy (B) | 25.9 | 51.9 | 22.2 |
| Open radical nephrectomy with vena cava thrombectomy below diaphragm (B) | 10.7 | 60.7 | 28.6 |
| Removal of vena caval and atrial tumour thrombus for carcinoma of kidney (C) | 3.6 | 14.3 | 82.1 |
| Laparoscopic pyeloplasty (B) | 42.9 | 50 | 7.1 |
| Extra-corporeal shock wave lithotripsy (B) | 53.6 | 32.1 | 14.3 |
| Cadaveric and live donor renal harvesting for transplantation (B) | 14.3 | 46.4 | 39.3 |
| Renal transplantation (C) | 14.3 | 53.6 | 32.1 |
| Laparoscopic live donor nephrectomy (C) | 21.4 | 42.9 | 35.7 |
| Transplant (graft) nephrectomy (C) | 17.9 | 28.6 | 53.6 |
| Open adrenalectomy (B) | 39.3 | 42.9 | 17.9 |
| Laparoscopic adrenalectomy (B) | 50 | 32.1 | 17.9 |
| Orthotopic neobladder (e.g., Studer) (B) | 14.3 | 57.1 | 28.6 |
| Continent cutaneous diversions (e.g., Indiana Pouch) (B) | 7.1 | 42.9 | 50 |
| Open trans-uretero-ureterostomy (B) | 10.7 | 50 | 39.3 |
| Open ureterolysis (B) | 51.9 | 44.4 | 3.7 |
| Surgical reconstruction for exstrophy (C) | 0 | 7.4 | 92.6 |
| Augmentation cystoplasty (B) | 29.6 | 59.3 | 11.1 |
| Vesicostomy (B) | 33.3 | 59.3 | 7.4 |
| Primary nerve-sparing retroperitoneal lymph node dissection (B) | 11.1 | 55.6 | 33.3 |
| Post-chemotherapy retroperitoneal lymph node dissection (C) | 0 | 29.6 | 70.4 |
| Inguinal lymphadenectomy for penile cancer (B) | 25.9 | 48.1 | 25.9 |
| Insertion of artificial urinary sphincter (B) | 14.8 | 55.6 | 29.6 |
| Transurethral incision of external sphincter (C) | 57.1 | 28.6 | 14.3 |
| Endopyelotomy (B) | 71.4 | 28.6 | 0 |
| Perineal urethrostomy (B) | 50 | 42.9 | 7.1 |
| Urethrectomy (B) | 12 | 56 | 32 |
| Cutaneous ureterostomy/pyelostomy (B) | 10.7 | 39.3 | 50 |
| Urethral reconstruction for anterior urethral strictures and pelvic fracture distraction injuries (C) | 3.6 | 46.4 | 50 |
| Resection of posterior urethral valves (B) | 42.9 | 42.9 | 14.3 |
| Open drainage of perinephric, perivesical and retroperitoneal abscess (B) | 71.4 | 17.9 | 10.7 |