Years in practice | |
< 5 | 16% |
5–10 | 22% |
10–20 | 30% |
> 20 | 32% |
Practice setting | |
Academic teaching hospital | 32% |
Community hospital serving > 500,000 | 15% |
Community hospital serving 100,000–500,000 | 25% |
Community hospital serving < 100,000 | 28% |
Fellowship trained | |
Yes | 52% |
No | 48% |
Type of Fellowship | |
Minimally invasive surgery | 23% |
Trauma/ICU | 19% |
Colorectal | 16% |
Surgical oncology | 13% |
Train general surgery residents | |
Yes | 66% |
No | 34% |
Frequency of hernia repair | |
Regularly | 73% |
Infrequently | 23% |
Only on call | 4% |