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.