From: Fluid lavage in patients with open fracture wounds (FLOW): an international survey of 984 surgeons
Characteristic | No. (%) | |
---|---|---|
Age | Less than 30 | 95 (9.7%) |
30–40 | 403 (41.0%) | |
41–50 | 278 (28.3%) | |
51–60 | 147 (15.0%) | |
Over 60 | 59 (6.0%) | |
Number of years in practice | Less than 5 | 247 (25.6%) |
5–10 | 261 (27.1%) | |
11–15 | 158 (16.4%) | |
16–20 | 108 (11.2%) | |
Over 20 | 189 (19.6%) | |
Type of hospital | Academic (University Affiliated) | 597 (61.2%) |
Non-Academic | 378 (38.8%) | |
Supervise residents in training | Yes | 587 (59.9%) |
No | 393 (40.1%) | |
Completed a fellowship in trauma | Yes | 298 (30.6%) |
No | 677 (69.4%) | |
Proportion of practice with orthopaedic trauma | 0–25% | 306 (31.4%) |
26–50% | 324 (33.3%) | |
51–75% | 220 (22.6%) | |
76–100% | 124 (12.7%) | |
Number of open fractures treated per year | 0 | 14 (1.5%) |
1–10 | 339 (35.5%) | |
11–20 | 245 (25.6%) | |
21–30 | 149 (15.6%) | |
31–40 | 68 (7.1%) | |
41–50 | 34 (3.6%) | |
>50 | 107 (11.2%) |