Table 1.
Questions of the survey with possible answers
| Survey pediatric neurosurgery | |
|---|---|
| What is your gender? | Female, Male, prefer not to say |
| What is your age in years? | < 20, 20–25, 26–30, 31–35, 36–40, > 40 |
|
Which year of residency are you in? (Minimal training requirement is 6 years) |
1–8 |
| Which type of teaching hospital are you working in? |
University hospital Regional hospital Local hospital |
| How many pediatric cases are treated at your department in a year? | 0, < 20, 20–40, 40–60, 60–80, 80–100, 100–120, 120–140. 140–160, > 160 |
| Is there an outpatient clinic for pediatric neurosurgery in your clinic? | Yes, no, maybe |
| Are there interdisciplinary boards/clinics (tumor, spasticity, dysraphism, phacomatosis, etc.) discussing pediatric neurosurgery cases in your clinic? | Yes, no, maybe |
| Is there a fellowship-trained pediatric neurosurgeon working in your department? | Yes, no, maybe |
| How many craniosynostosis do you treat at your current department per year? | 0, < 5, 5–10, 10–15, 15–20, 25–30, 30–40, 40–50, > 50 |
| Have you ever seen/treated a craniosynostosis in the ward or outpatient clinic at your current department? | Yes, no |
| Have you ever seen/treated a craniosynostosis in the operating room at your current department? | Yes, no |
| Who mainly performs craniosynostosis surgery at your current department? | pNS, NS, PS, pNS and NS, pNS and PS,NS and PS, I do not know |
| Would you feel comfortable and capable taking care of a craniosynostosis patient? | Yes, no |
| How many pediatric hydrocephalus patients do you treat at your current department per year? | 0, < 5, 5–10, 10–15, 15–20, 25–30, 30–40, 40–50, > 50 |
| Have you ever seen/treated a pediatric hydrocephalus patient in the ward or outpatient clinic at your current department? | Yes, no |
| Have you ever seen/performed a neuroendoscopy for pediatric hydrocephalus in the operating room at your current department? | Yes, no |
| Have you ever seen/performed a shunt for pediatric hydrocephalus in the operating room at your current department? | Yes, no |
| Have you ever seen/performed a pediatric hydrocephalus procedure in a baby under the age of 6 months at your current department? | Yes, no |
| Who performs pediatric shunt surgeries at your current department? | pNS, NS, PS, pNS and NS, pNS and PS, NS and PS, pNS cranial-PS abdominal, NS cranial-PS abdominal I do not know |
| Who mainly performs pediatric neuroendoscopic surgeries at your current department? | pNS, NS, PS, pNS and NS, pNS and PS, NS and PS, I do not know |
| Would you feel comfortable and capable taking care of a pediatric hydrocephalus patient? | Yes, no |
| Would you feel comfortable and capable taking care of a pediatric hydrocephalus patient under the age of 6 months? | Yes, no |
| How many tethered cord patients (incl. filar lipoma) do you treat at your current department per year? | 0, < 5, 5–10, 10–15, 15–20, > 20 |
| How many patients with a lipomyelomeningocele do you treat at your current department per year? | 0, < 5, 5–10, 10–15, 15–20, > 20 |
| Have you ever seen/treated a tethered cord (incl. filar lipoma) patient on the ward or outpatient clinic at your current department? | Yes, no |
| Have you ever seen/treated a patient with a lipomyelomeningocele on the ward or outpatient clinic at your current department? | Yes, no |
| Have you ever seen/performed an untethering surgery in the operating room at your current department? | Yes, no |
| Have you ever seen/performed an untethering surgery for lipomyelomeningocele in the operating room at your current department? | Yes, no |
| Who mainly performs tethered cord surgeries (incl. filar lipoma) at your current department? | pNS, NS, PS, pNS and NS, pNS and PS, NS and PS, I do not know |
| Who mainly performs untethering surgeries for lipomyelomeningocele at your current department? | pNS, NS, PS, pNS and NS, pNS and PS, NS and PS, I do not know |
| Would you feel comfortable and capable taking care of a tethered cord patient? | Yes, no |
| Would you feel comfortable and capable taking care of a patient with lipomyelomeningocele? | Yes, no |
| How many patients with a pediatric brain tumor do you treat at your current department per year? | 0, < 5, 5–10, 10–15, 15–20, 25–30, 30–35, 35–40, 40–45, 45–50, > 50 |
| Have you ever seen/treated a patient with a pediatric brain tumor on the ward or outpatient clinic at your current department? | Yes, no |
| Have you ever seen/performed a pediatric brain tumor resection in the operating room at your current department? | Yes, no |
| Who mainly performs pediatric brain tumor surgeries at your current department? | pNS, NS, PS, pNS and NS, pNS and PS, NS and PS, I do not know |
| Would you feel comfortable and capable taking care of a patient with a pediatric brain tumor? | Yes, no |
| Based on your overall experience in neurosurgery have you had the chance to gain experience in pediatric neurosurgery outside of your center? | Yes another Swiss hospital, yes abroad, no |
| If you said “yes, abroad” in the question above, please state in which country you gained your experience? | Free text |
| Based on your personal opinion does education in pediatric neurosurgery need to be improved in Switzerland? | Yes, no |
| Based on your personal opinion who do you think should treat children with neurosurgical diseases? | Fellowship-trained pNS, any NS with interest in pediatric neurosurgery, any PS with interest in neurosurgery, depends on pathology, I do not care, I do not know |
| Are you personally interested in pediatric neurosurgery? | Yes, no, maybe |
| Are you planning on pursuing a career specializing in pediatric neurosurgery? | Yes, no, maybe |
| Comments | Free text |
pNS pediatric neurosurgeon, NS general neurosurgeon, PS pediatric surgeon