Table 1 Patient Characteristics According to Level of Experience and Frequency of Practice
Beginner | Intermediate | Experienced | All Patients (n = 1281) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sporadic (n = 125) | Frequent (n = 96) | Sporadic (n = 256) | Frequent (n = 163) | Sporadic (n = 241) | Frequent (n = 400) | ||
Age Groups, n (%) | |||||||
< 50 | 31 (24.8%) | 25 (26.0%) | 68 (26.6%) | 47 (28.9%) | 57 (23.6%) | 67 (16.7%) | 295 (23.0%) |
50–70 | 67 (53.6%) | 48 (50.0%) | 122 (47.6%) | 77 (47.2%) | 140 (58.1%) | 205 (51.3%) | 659 (51.4%) |
≥ 70 | 27 (21.6%) | 23 (24.0%) | 66 (25.8%) | 39 (23.9%) | 44 (18.3%) | 128 (32.0%) | 327 (25.6%) |
Gender, n (%) | |||||||
Female | 61 (48.8%) | 39 (40.6%) | 106 (41.4%) | 69 (42.3%) | 103 (42.7%) | 156 (39.0%) | 534 (41.7%) |
Male | 64 (51.2%) | 57 (59.4%) | 150 (58.6%) | 94 (57.7%) | 138 (57.3%) | 244 (61.0%) | 747 (58.3%) |
Surgical Difficulty, n (%) | |||||||
Stage 1 | 21 (16.8%) | 20 (20.8%) | 18 (7.0%) | 18 (11.0%) | 31 (12.9%) | 40 (10.0%) | 148 (11.8%) |
Stage 2 | 8 (6.4%) | 5 (5.2%) | 21 (8.2%) | 11 (6.7%) | 18 (7.5%) | 27 (6.8%) | 90 (7.0%) |
Stage 3 | 78 (62.4%) | 52 (54.2%) | 189 (73.8%) | 119 (73.0%) | 151 (62.7%) | 262 (65.5%) | 851 (66.4%) |
Stage 4 | 18 (14.4%) | 19 (19.8%) | 28 (10.9%) | 15 (9.2%) | 41 (17.0%) | 71 (17.8%) | 192 (15.0%) |
Year of Surgery, n (%) | |||||||
1993–2000 | 53 (42.4%) | 24 (25.0%) | 63 (24.6%) | 39 (23.9%) | 66 (27.4%) | 69 (17.2%) | 314 (24.5%) |
2001–2005 | 16 (12.8%) | 25 (26.0%) | 118 (46.1%) | 36 (22.1%) | 38 (15.8%) | 71 (17.8%) | 304 (23.7%) |
2006–2009 | 26 (20.8%) | 17 (18.0%) | 50 (19.5%) | 71 (43.6%) | 60 (24.9%) | 95 (23.8%) | 319 (24.9%) |
2010–2013 | 30 (24.0%) | 30 (31.0%) | 25 (9.8%) | 17 (10.4%) | 77 (31.9%) | 165 (41.2%) | 344 (26.9%) |