title: Partial Nephrectomy for Small Renal Masses: Do Teaching and Nonteaching Institutions Adhere to Guidelines Equally?
abstract: The American Urological Association (AUA) guidelines recommend partial nephrectomy (PN) as the gold standard for treatment of small renal masses (SRMs). This study examines the change in utilization of partial and radical nephrectomies at teaching and nonteaching institutions from 2003 to 2012.
  
  
  
  The data sample for this study came from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project Nationwide Inpatient Sample from 2003 to 2012. International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision and Clinical Modification codes were used to identify patients undergoing PN and radical nephrectomy for renal masses limited to the renal parenchyma. Teaching hospitals were defined, but not limited to any institution with an American Medical Association-approved residency program. Linear regression, bivariate, multivariate, and odds ratio analysis were used to demonstrate statistical significance.
  
  
  
  39,685 patients were identified in teaching hospitals, and 22,239 were identified in nonteaching hospitals. Prior to the 2009 AUA guidelines, cumulative rates of PN were 33% vs 20% in teaching vs nonteaching hospitals (p < 0.0001) compared with postguideline rates of 48% vs 33% in teaching vs nonteaching hospitals (p < 0.0001).
  
  
  
  During the 10-year study period, the use of PN to treat SRMs has significantly increased in both teaching hospitals and in nonacademic centers; however, these changes are occurring at a slower rate in nonteaching hospitals.
authors.affiliation: 1 Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University , Providence, Rhode Island.
authors.forename: Hari T
authors.initials: HT
authors.lastname: Vigneswaran
authors.affiliation: 1 Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University , Providence, Rhode Island.
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lec
authors.affiliation: 2 Division of Urology, Rhode Island Hospital, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University , Providence, Rhode Island.
authors.forename: Joseph
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Brito
authors.affiliation: 2 Division of Urology, Rhode Island Hospital, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University , Providence, Rhode Island.
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Turini
authors.affiliation: 3 Section of Minimally Invasive Urology, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University , Providence, Rhode Island.
authors.forename: Gyan
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pareek
authors.affiliation: 3 Section of Minimally Invasive Urology, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University , Providence, Rhode Island.
authors.forename: Dragan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Golijanin
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D019983:Guideline Adherence; D017048:Health Care Costs; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients; D007396:Internship and Residency; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D016014:Linear Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009392:Nephrectomy / Q000592:standards*; D016017:Odds Ratio; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014481:United States