29.8% (n=17) of attendees of the Total Mesorectal Excision – Optimizing Surgery and Managing Challenges PG Course reported no total mesorectal excisions performed in the preceding 3 months of practice, and another 38.6% (n=22) reported only 1-3. At 3-month follow-up survey, 38.9% (n=9) of those responding reported no mesorectal excisions performed in the interval since the annual meeting, and 16.7% (n=3) reported only 1-3. Average comfort level for total mesorectal excisions among attendees of the Total Mesorectal Excision – Optimizing Surgery and Managing Challenges PG Course was 3.5/5 at 2018 post-meeting analysis and 4/5 at 3-month follow-up survey.
42.1% (n=24) of attendees of the Total Mesorectal Excision – Optimizing Surgery and Managing Challenges PG Course reported no laparoscopic total mesorectal excisions performed in the preceding 3 months of practice, and another 35.1% (n=20) reported only 1-3. At 3-month follow-up survey, 44.4% (n=8) of those responding reported laparoscopic total mesorectal excisions performed in the interval since the annual meeting, and 22.2% (n=4) reported only 1-3. Average comfort level for laparoscopic total mesorectal excisions among attendees of the Total Mesorectal Excision – Optimizing Surgery and Managing Challenges PG Course was 3.3/5 at 2018 post-meeting analysis and 2.7/5 at 3-month follow-up survey.
77.2% (n=44) of attendees of the Total Mesorectal Excision – Optimizing Surgery and Managing Challenges reported no hand-assist total mesorectal excisions performed in the preceding 3 months of practice, and another 17.5% (n=10) reported only 1-3. At 3-month follow-up survey, 88.9% (n=16) of those responding reported no hand-assist total mesorectal excisions in the interval since the annual meeting, and 5.6% (n=1) reported only 1-3. Average comfort level for hand-assist total mesorectal excisions among attendees of the Total Mesorectal Excision – Optimizing Surgery and Managing Challenges PG Course was 3.2/5 at 2018 post-meeting analysis and 3/5 at 3-month follow-up survey.
73.7% (n=42) of attendees of the Total Mesorectal Excision – Optimizing Surgery and Managing Challenges PG Couse reported no robotic total mesorectal excisions performed in the preceding 3 months of practice, and another 15.8% (n=9) reported only 1-3. At 3-month follow-up survey, 88.9% (n=16) of those responding reported no robotic total mesorectal excisions in the interval since the annual meeting, and another 5.6% (n=1) reported only 1-3. Average comfort level for robotic total mesorectal excisions among attendees of the Total Mesorectal Excision – Optimizing Surgery and Managing Challenges PG Course was 2.2/5 at 2018 post-meeting analysis and 2/5 at 3-month follow-up survey.
22.2% (n=8) of attendees of the Total Mesorectal Excision – Optimizing Surgery and Managing Challenges PG Course reported no total mesorectal excisions requiring extended resection beyond the TME plane were performed in the preceding 3 months of practice, and another 14% (n=8) reported only 1-3. At 3-month follow-up survey, 72.2% (n=13) of those responding reported no total mesorectal excisions requiring extended resection beyond the TME plane in the interval since the annual meeting, and another 27.8% (n=5) reported only 1-3. Average comfort level for total mesorectal excisions requiring extended resection beyond the TME plane among attendees of the Total Mesorectal Excision – Optimizing Surgery and Managing Challenges PG Course was 3.2/5 at 2018 post-meeting analysis.