Table 1.

Descriptive statistics about surgeons and institutions participating in the investigation

Item	Number of responses	% of total responses
Participants	650	100.00%
Males	531	81.69%
Females	118	18.15%
Prefer not to answer	1	0.15%

	Mean	SD
Years of experience	12.32	8.42
Minimum	1
Maximum	36

Kind of institution	Number	%
	650	100.00%
Academic	499	76.77%
Non-academic	151	23.23%

Role/position	650	100.00%
Senior Consultant	233	35.85%
Board-certified surgeon	179	27.54%
Resident	124	19.08%
Division chief or head	114	17.54%

Part of an emergency surgery team	650	100.00%
Yes	540	83.08%
No	110	16.92%