Mean reduction in surgical exposure for trainees according to surgical modality and procedure from countries with and without a national training program during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic
Surgical modality/procedure | National training program | P value | |
Yes | No | ||
Mean (SD, range) | Mean (SD, range) | ||
Robotic | 46.7 (41, 0–100) | 80 (30.9, 0–100) | 0.041 |
Laparoscopic | 47.2 (38.4, 0–100) | 66.5 (26.1, 0–100) | 0.058 |
Open surgical procedures | 37.2 (27.5, 0–100) | 48.9 (20, 0–100) | 0.027 |
Ovarian cancer cytoreductive surgery | 44 (29.4, 0–100) | 45.5 (29.4, 0–100) | 0.799 |
Exenteration procedures | 34.4 (41.6, 0–100) | 61.7 (41.4, 0–100) | 0.036 |
Surgery for recurrent disease | 54.2 (39.5, 0–100) | 52.1 (30.2, 0–100) | 0.814 |
Radical vulval surgery | 26.3 (35, 0–100) | 47.6 (32.6, 0–100) | 0.016 |
Radical hysterectomy | 20.8 (33.8, 0–100) | 42.1 (31, 0–100) | 0.007 |
Pelvic lymphadenectomy | 28.4 (36.8, 0–100) | 40.7 (29.6, 0–100) | 0.078 |
Para-aortic lymphadenectomy | 35.3 (40.9, 0–100) | 46.6 (29.5, 0–100) | 0.121 |
Trachelectomy | 15 (31.2, 0–100) | 58.3 (37.9, 0–100) | 0.001 |