Association between Fellowship Training, Surgical Volume, and Laparoscopic Suturing Techniques among Members of the American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists
Table 4
Case volume of non-fellowship trained participants according to practice setting.
Non-fellowship trained
value
OR (95% CI)
Academic practice
Private practice
Major gynecologic conventional laparoscopic surgical cases/month
>8
26 (51%)
55 (34%)
0.03
0.50 (0.25, 0.99)
Monthly cases with conventional laparoscopic suturing
>8
14 (27%)
20 (13%)
0.01
0.39 (0.17, 0.92)
FMIGS trained
value
OR (95% CI)
Academic practice
Private practice
Major gynecologic conventional laparoscopic surgical cases/month
>8
23 (72%)
22 (56%)
0.18
0.51 (0.16, 1.52)
Monthly cases with conventional laparoscopic suturing
