Table 10.

Omission of the routine insertion of abdominal drains depending on the professional position and type of hospital

	Abandonment of the routine placement of abdominal drains
	Colon	Rectum
Resident (n = 25)	20.0% (n = 5)	8.0% (n = 2)
Attending physicians (n = 15)	33.3% (n = 5)	0.0% (n = 0)
Senior physician (n = 59)	25.4% (n = 15)	3.4% (n = 2)
Leading senior physician (n = 26)	34.6% (n = 9)	7.7% (n = 2)
Chief (n = 103)	42.7% (n = 44)	15.5% (n = 16)
University Hospital (n = 40)	27.5% (n = 11)	5.0% (n = 2)
Tertiary care hospital (n = 36)	33.3% (n = 12)	13.9% (n = 5)
Secondary care hospital (n = 65)	44.6% (n = 29)	13.9% (n = 9)
Primary care hospital (n = 86)	29.1% (n = 25)	7.0% (n = 6)