Table 4.
Responses to different options presented in the Surgical Equipoise Scale
| “A” vs “B” | Urogynaecology subspecialist (n = 28) |
Urogynaecology special interest (n = 76) |
Urology subspecialist (n = 36) |
Urology special interest (n = 12) |
p* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BNI vs PFE | 10: 7: 11 | 22: 6: 48 | 18: 7: 7 | 4: 2: 3 | <0.02 |
| Fascial sling vs PFE | 14: 4: 10 | 23: 12: 41 | 25: 4: 3 | 9: 0: 0 | <0.001 |
| PFE vs SIS | 15: 3: 9 | 34: 10: 27 | 18: 7: 5 | 2: 3: 4 | ns |
| Colposuspension vs PFE | 20: 2: 5 | 36: 3: 32 | 21: 5: 4 | 9: 0: 0 | <0.02 |
| Fascial sling vs BNI | 18: 2: 8 | 18: 10: 29 | 24: 4: 4 | 6: 1: 2 | <0.01 |
| Colposuspension vs BNI | 21: 1: 6 | 26: 10: 21 | 21: 4: 7 | 6: 1: 2 | ns |
| BNI vs SIS | 13: 10: 5 | 31: 14: 12 | 20: 10: 2 | 4: 3: 1 | ns |
| Colposuspension vs fascial sling | 13: 6: 7 | 40: 11: 7 | 8: 10: 16 | 3: 6: 2 | <0.01 |
| Repeat MUT vs PFE | 21: 4: 2 | 48: 7: 16 | 16: 5: 3 | 9: 0: 0 | ns |
| Repeat MUT vs BNI | 19: 5: 3 | 47: 12: 12 | 16: 4: 4 | 6: 1: 2 | ns |
| Repeat MUT vs SIS | 23: 2: 2 | 59: 6: 5 | 23: 1: 0 | 7: 2: 0 | ns |
| Repeat MUT vs colposuspension | 17: 7: 3 | 45: 17: 8 | 10: 7: 7 | 2: 3: 4 | ns |
| Repeat MUT vs fascial sling | 15: 8: 4 | 52: 15: 3 | 6: 6: 12 | 2: 4: 3 | <0.001 |
Responses are presented as number of replies, laid out as: prefer option A: no preference: prefer option B. For all comparisons, “A” is the first option and “B” the second option given in the first column
BNI bladder neck injection, PFE pelvic floor exercises, SIS single-incision tape, MUT mid-urethral tape, ns not significant
*Chi-squared with Yates’ correction comparing equipoise responses across the four specialty groupings