Table 3.
Overview on the caseloads of specific types of procedures, performed on average during neurosurgery residency in Europe. CI confidence interval
| Procedure type | Independent | Supervised | Assisted | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean, 95% CI | Mean, 95% CI | Mean, 95% CI | Mean, 95% CI | |
| Burr hole trepanation | 137, 111–163 | 74, 35–113 | 39, 27–52 | 248, 176–320 |
| Supratentorial craniotomy | 131, 87–175 | 106, 87–125 | 130, 105–155 | 364, 288–441 |
| Infratentorial craniotomy | 23, 16–29 | 28, 32–34 | 48, 36–61 | 101, 78–123 |
| Microsurgical treatment of vascular pathology | 6, 2–11 | 13, 8–18 | 52, 38–65 | 71, 52–89 |
| Endovascular procedure | 1, 0–3 | 3, 1–4 | 6, 3–9 | 10, 5–14 |
| Ventriculo-peritoneal shunt | 48, 39–57 | 30, 24–35 | 33, 26–40 | 109, 93–125 |
| Neuro-endoscopic procedure | 5, 2–9 | 7, 5–8 | 10, 8–12 | 22, 16–27 |
| Trans-sphenoidal procedure | 7, 0–14 | 8, 5–10 | 25, 16–35 | 39, 25–53 |
| Dorsal non-instrumented spine surgery | 96, 62–131 | 83, 62–104 | 151, 105–197 | 331, 238–423 |
| Anterior instrumented or non-instrumented spine surgery | 30, 9–52 | 26, 19–33 | 51, 37–65 | 109, 70–148 |
| Dorsal/lateral instrumented spine surgery | 19, 0–40 | 22, 14–29 | 39, 21–57 | 80, 42–118 |
| Cement augmentation | 7, 0–15 | 4, 2–6 | 7, 4–11 | 18, 4–33 |
| Functional procedure | 21, 14–28 | 16, 12–20 | 28, 18–37 | 62, 46–79 |
| Peripheral nerve procedure | 20, 11–29 | 12, 8–16 | 16, 10–22 | 50, 33–66 |
| Stereotactic radiosurgery | 2, 0–4 | 3, 0–5 | 6, 2–11 | 11, 5–18 |
| Cranioplasty | 14, 11–17 | 12, 10–14 | 13, 10–16 | 39, 33–45 |