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Table 3 Influence of surgeons background on operative strategy

From: Loss of neuromonitoring signal during bilateral thyroidectomy: no systematic change in operative strategy according to a survey of the French Association of Endocrine Surgeons (AFCE)

Characteristics

P value

Age of surgeon

0.40

Number of annually performed thyroidectomies

0.089

Type of hospital (university, public non university, private, etc.…)

0.385

Surgeon’s experience in thyroidectomy (>1000 vs < 1000 thyroidectomies performed)

0.022

Experience with IONM (>1 year vs < 1 year of IONM use)

0.042