The Unsolved Issue of Reporting of Late Complications in Urology

Pietro Piazza; Luca Sarchi; Stefano Puliatti; Carlo Andrea Bravi; Sophie Knipper; Alexandre Mottrie

doi:10.1016/j.eururo.2021.07.010

The Unsolved Issue of Reporting of Late Complications in Urology

Eur Urol. 2021 Nov;80(5):527-528. doi: 10.1016/j.eururo.2021.07.010. Epub 2021 Aug 3.

Authors

Pietro Piazza¹, Luca Sarchi², Stefano Puliatti², Carlo Andrea Bravi³, Sophie Knipper⁴, Alexandre Mottrie⁵

Affiliations

¹ Division of Urology, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna, Italy; Department of Urology, OLV Hospital, Aalst, Belgium; ORSI Academy, Melle, Belgium.
² Department of Urology, OLV Hospital, Aalst, Belgium; ORSI Academy, Melle, Belgium; Department of Urology, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy.
³ Department of Urology, OLV Hospital, Aalst, Belgium; ORSI Academy, Melle, Belgium; Department of Urology, Division of Experimental Oncology, Urological Research Institute, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.
⁴ Department of Urology, OLV Hospital, Aalst, Belgium; ORSI Academy, Melle, Belgium; Martini-Klinik Prostate Cancer Center, Hamburg, Germany.
⁵ Department of Urology, OLV Hospital, Aalst, Belgium; ORSI Academy, Melle, Belgium. Electronic address: a.mottrie@gmail.com.

PMID: 34362581
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2021.07.010

Abstract

Lack of uniformity in the reporting of late complications hampers the quality of data available on surgical outcomes. Adoption of standardized criteria and a taxonomy for reporting of late complications is urgently needed.

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Humans
Postoperative Complications*
Urologic Surgical Procedures*
Urology*