Patient Factors and Their Effect on Operating Room Time for Urologic Procedures

Abstract

Introduction: We examined three patient characteristics: body mass index (BMI), the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) status, and pre-admission testing (PAT), and their effect on total operating room (OR) time for six urologic procedures, including ureteroscopy, transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP), transurethral resection of bladder tumor (TURBT), prostatectomy, nephrectomy, and kidney transplants. Methods: We investigated the effect of these patient factors on OR time using linear regression for urologic procedures from The University of Toledo Medical Center from 2015 to 2020. Results: An increase in BMI was found to correlate with a statistically significant increase in total OR time for ureteroscopy, prostatectomy, and kidney transplant. The PAT showed a decrease in OR time for TURBT cases and an increase for kidney transplant cases. We found no correlation between the ASA status and changes in the total OR time. Conclusions: A higher BMI significantly increases the total OR time for robotic-assisted prostatectomy and kidney transplant but has a minimal effect on endoscopic procedures. Our results do not support ASA status as a predictor of total OR time. Due to the lack of consistency in results for PAT for the different procedures analyzed, further exploration of the effect of this patient factor on OR efficiency is needed.