Table 1 Descriptive statistics according to survey questions
From: Survey among ESGE members on leiomyosarcoma morcellation incidence
Questions | Number of answers | Mean | Mode | Standard deviation | Sum | Pearson’s correlation coefficient | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Q1: How many years have you been practicing laparoscopic myomectomy and hysterectomy? | 240 | 10.78 | 5 | 7.265 | 2587 | ||
Q2: How many uterine sarcomas have received a laparoscopic surgical approach? | 280 | .77 | 0 | 2.023 | 216 | Q3 | .427 |
Q5 | .451 | ||||||
Q9 | .461 | ||||||
Q3: How many uterine sarcomas have you seen in your lifetime practice? | 280 | 6.17 | 2 | 9.008 | 1728 | Q2 | .427 |
Q4: How many laparoscopic myomectomies do you perform annually? | 238 | 29.08 | 0 | 47.632 | 6920 | Q5 | .412 |
Q5: How many sarcomas did you encounter until today after laparoscopic myomectomies? | 236 | .24 | 0 | .916 | 57 | Q2 | .451 |
Q4 | .412 | ||||||
Q9 | .492 | ||||||
Q6: How many laparoscopic subtotal hysterectomies you do per year? | 237 | 28.81 | 0 | 52.492 | 6828 | Q7 | .484 |
Q7: How many sarcomas did you have until today after laparoscopic subtotal hysterectomies? | 236 | .16 | 0 | .470 | 38 | Q6 | .484 |
Q8: How many laparoscopic hysterectomies you do per year? | 237 | 43.90 | 30 | 49.018 | 10.404 | ||
Q9: How many sarcomas did you have until today after laparoscopic hysterectomies? | 235 | .31 | 0 | 1.191 | 72 | Q2 | .461 |
Q5 | .492 | ||||||
Q10: How many hysteroscopic myomectomies do you perform annually? | 233 | 31.10 | 20 | 29.233 | 7246 | ||
Q11: How many sarcomas did you encounter until today after hysteroscopic myomectomies? | 234 | .23 | 0 | 1.087 | 54 | ||
Q12: Myomectomy cases reported as leiomyoma and review of the slides revealed a sarcoma | 233 | .19 | 0 | .556 | 44 | ||