How Good Is Your Surgeon? A Debate on Publicly Available Individual Outcomes Data in Urology: Con

Francis Xavier Keeley Jr; Christopher J D Wallis; Zachary Klaassen

doi:10.1016/j.euf.2021.09.026

How Good Is Your Surgeon? A Debate on Publicly Available Individual Outcomes Data in Urology: Con

Eur Urol Focus. 2021 Sep;7(5):903-904. doi: 10.1016/j.euf.2021.09.026. Epub 2021 Oct 20.

Authors

Francis Xavier Keeley Jr¹, Christopher J D Wallis², Zachary Klaassen³

Affiliations

¹ Bristol Urologic Institute, North Bristol NHS Trust, Bristol, UK.
² Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Canada.
³ Section of Urology, Department of Surgery, Medical College of Georgia-Augusta University, Augusta, GA, USA; Georgia Cancer Center, Augusta, GA, USA. Electronic address: zklaassen@augusta.edu.

PMID: 34686468
DOI: 10.1016/j.euf.2021.09.026

Abstract

Public reporting of consultant/staff urologist outcomes must rely on commonly performed procedures, accurate data input, and adequate funding. Precautions must be taken to ensure that this information is utilised in the best interests of informing the public and surgeons.

MeSH terms

Humans
Surgeons*
Urology*