Table 1. Questions of the survey sent to the EWAS members.
| What is your background in hand surgery? |
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| How many years of experience in hand surgery do you have? |
Open question Please give answer in years |
| How many years of experience in wrist arthroscopy do you have? |
Open question Please give answer in years |
| How many wrist arthroscopies do you perform a month? | Open question |
| How many of those are diagnostic wrist arthroscopies? |
Open question Diagnostic arthroscopies = inspection of cartilage and ligaments (only introduction of scope and hook) |
| How many of those are interventions? |
Open question Intervention = every intervention, such as biopsy, shaving, VAP, TFCC reinsertion |
| What do you consider to be the place of wrist arthroscopy in the diagnostics of wrist pathology? |
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| What do you consider to be the place of wrist arthroscopy in the treatment of wrist pathology? |
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| How many wrist arthroscopies do you think a hand surgeon should have performed to qualify him/her as expert in wrist arthroscopy? | Open question |
| How many wrist arthroscopies do you think a hand surgeon should perform each year to keep his/her expert level? | Open question |