Table 2.
Demographics expert surgeons
| Expert surgeons (n = 10) | |
|---|---|
| Age (median; range) | 55 (37–69) |
| Sex (%) | |
| Female | 2 |
| Male | 8 |
| How many years of surgical experience (postgraduate) do you have? (n) | |
| < 10 | 1 |
| 10–20 | 1 |
| > 20 | 8 |
| What is the total amount of open inguinal hernia repairs performed in your clinic annually? (n) | |
| < 200 | 2 |
| 200–400 | 4 |
| 400–600 | 1 |
| > 600 | 3 |
| What is the total amount of open inguinal hernia repairs performed personally by you in a year? (n) | |
| < 100 | 4 |
| 100–200 | 5 |
| > 300 | 1 |
| What is the total amount of open inguinal hernia repairs performed personally by you in total? (n) | |
| > 100 | 1 |
| > 1.000 | 3 |
| > 3.000 | 2 |
| > 6.000 | 1 |
| > 10.000 | 2 |
| Unknown | 1 |
| What is the total amount of endoscopic inguinal hernia repairs performed personally by you in a year? (n) | |
| < 100 | 8 |
| 100–200 | 1 |
| > 300 | 1 |
| How many hernia-related papers did you publish in total? (n) | |
| < 25 | 1 |
| > 25 | 3 |
| > 50 | 3 |
| > 75 | 2 |
| Unknown | 1 |