Table 1 Demographic data of the included respondents (N = 139)
From: Management of complex renal cysts in Canada: results of a survey study
Variables | N (%) |
|---|---|
Years in independent practice | |
●1 to 5 | 56 (40.3) |
●6 to 10 | 29 (20.9) |
●11 to 15 | 21 (15.1) |
● > 15 | 33 (23.7) |
Fellowship training | |
●Urologic oncology | 46 (33.1) |
●Endourology/Minimally invasive surgery | 30 (21.6) |
●Other fellowship | 23 (16.6) |
●No fellowship training | 40 (28.8) |
Type of practice | |
●Academic hospital | 71 (51.1) |
●Community or rural hospital | 66 (47.5) |
●Office-based practice | 2 (1.4) |
Area of practice | |
●British Columbia | 10 (7.2) |
●Prairies | 18 (13.0) |
●Ontario | 59 (42.5) |
●Quebec | 43 (30.9) |
●Atlantic Canada | 9 (6.5) |
Annual number of new complex renal cysts cases (Bosniak III-IV) | |
●1–5 | 24 (17.3) |
●6–10 | 42 (30.2) |
●11–20 | 55 (39.6) |
●21–30 | 10 (7.2) |
● > 30 | 8 (5.8) |