Table 1.
Experience Level* | Beginner | Intermediate | Advanced | Expert | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Training Status | Medical Student |
Intern | URO- 1 |
URO- 2 |
URO- 3 |
URO- 4 |
Fellow | Attending |
n | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
Age, years | 25.8 | 26.0 | 28.0 | 29.0 | 31.0 | 31.3 | 32.3 | 47.7 |
Experience performing partial nephrectomy, years | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 16.3 |
RALPN performed (completed >50% of the case), cases | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.8 | 16.3 | 168.3 |
RALPN assisted (completed <50% of the case), cases | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 7.0 | 27.5 | 32.5 | 40.0 | 33.3 |
All robotic surgeries performed or assisted, cases | 0.3 | 5.0 | 3.3 | 60.0 | 82.5 | 110.0 | 183.3 | 561.7 |
Comparisons made across experience levels using Kruskal-Wallis Test yielded p-values <0.001 for all listed variables.