Table 1. </strong> Delphi Panelist Characteristics of Those Who Completed Rounds 1 and 2.
| Characteristic | Value, n (%) |
| Panelists | 135 |
| Male | 127 (94.1) |
| Female | 8 (5.9) |
| Bariatric surgeons | 42 (31.1) |
| Average No. (proportion) of laparoscopic procedures per surgeon/mo | 20 (51.0) |
| Colorectal surgeons | 49 (36.3) |
| Average No. (proportion) of laparoscopic procedures per surgeon/mo | 28 (55.9) |
| Thoracic surgeons | 44 (32.6) |
| Average No. (proportion) of VATs per surgeon/mo | 14 (50.0) |
| Practice setting | |
| Teaching hospital (public or private) | 73 (54.1) |
| Non-teaching hospital | 55 (40.7) |
| Others | 7 (5.2) |
| Regions represented | |
| Europea | 40 (29.6) |
| France | 19 (14.1) |
| UK | 21 (15.6) |
| Japan | 55 (40.7) |
| US | 40 (29.6) |
Abbreviation: VATS, video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery.
a Percentage calculated using the number of panelists from France and UK (n = 40) and not summing individual percentage values.