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Table 1 Self-reported demographic and practice characteristics of 483 Canadian general surgeons who perform incisional hernia repairs

From: Wide variation in surgical techniques to repair incisional hernias: a survey of practice patterns among general surgeons

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%