Participating surgeons' demographic characteristics
| Variables | n=35* (%) |
| Age (years) | |
| 31–41 | 4 (11) |
| 41–50 | 15 (43) |
| 51–60 | 14 (40) |
| >61 | 1 (3) |
| Gender | |
| Female | 8 (23) |
| Male | 27 (77) |
| Continent | |
| Europe | 10 (29) |
| North America | 9 (26) |
| Australia | 10 (29) |
| Asia | 4 (11) |
| South America | 2 (6) |
| Does your Institution have its own sentinel node mapping protocol in endometrial cancer? | |
| No | 14 (40) |
| Yes | 19 (54) |
| How did you learn to perform sentinel node biopsies? | |
| Self-taught | 16 (46) |
| Learned from research papers | 15 (43) |
| Standard operating procedures/ protocols | 11 (31) |
| Taught by senior colleague/s | 11 (31) |
| Videos | 10 (29) |
| Trained by surgeon/s overseas | 7 (20) |
| Formal course/s | 4 (11) |
| Other | 7 (20) |
| How many years gynonc? (years) | |
| Less than 10 | 11 (31) |
| 10–19 | 14 (40) |
| 20–29 | 9 (26) |
| 30 or more | 1 (3) |
| How many years performing SLND†? (years) | |
| Less than 5 | 13 (37) |
| 5–9 | 8 (23) |
| 10 or more | 11 (31) |
| Number of SLND† | |
| Less than 50 | 14 (40) |
| 50–99 | 10 (29) |
| 100 or more | 6 (17) |
*Not all 35 participants provided data on demographics.
†Sentinel lymph node dissection.