Characteristics of the surgeon respondents and their current practices, reported as n (%)
| Variable | Category | All participants n (%) | Acute care surgeons (n=197) | Surgical oncologists (n=119) | P value |
| Age, years (median, IQR) | 45 (39–53) | 43 (38–52) | 48 (42–57) | <0.01 | |
| Gender | Female | 78 (24.7) | 54 (27.4) | 24 (20.2) | 0.25 |
| Male | 237 (75.0) | 142 (72.1) | 95 (79.8) | ||
| Other | 1 (0.3) | 1 (0.5) | 0 | ||
| Fellowship training | None | 26 (8.2) | 22 (11.2) | 4 (3.4) | <0.01 |
| Surgical oncology | 107 (33.9) | 3 (1.5) | 104 (87.4) | ||
| Trauma/acute care | 171 (54.1) | 170 (86.3) | 1 (0.8) | ||
| Other | 12 (3.8) | 2 (1.0) | 10 (8.4) | ||
| Current practice | Surgical oncology | 97 (30.7) | – | 97 (81.5) | – |
| Trauma and/or acute care | 197 (62.3) | 197 (100) | – | ||
| Peritoneal surface malignancy | 22 (7.0) | – | 22 (18.5) | ||
| Years in practice | <5 | 83 (26.3) | 64 (32.5) | 19 (16.0) | <0.01 |
| 5–10 | 79 (25.0) | 52 (26,4) | 27 (22.7) | ||
| 11–15 | 42 (13.3) | 19 (9.6) | 23 (19.3) | ||
| 16–20 | 40 (12.7) | 24 (12.2) | 16 (13.5) | ||
| 21–25 | 32 (10.1) | 18 (9.1) | 14 (11.8) | ||
| >25 | 40 (12.7) | 20 (10.2) | 20 (16.8) | ||
| Type of practice | Academic | 187 (59.2) | 102 (51.8) | 85 (71.4) | <0.01 |
| Private | 50 (15.8) | 37 (18.8) | 13 (10.9) | ||
| Both private and academic | 64 (20.3) | 47 (23.9) | 17 (14.3) | ||
| Other | 15 (4.8) | 11 (5.6) | 4 (3.4) | ||
| Location | Northeast | 71 (22.5) | 37 (18.8) | 34 (28.6) | 0.07 |
| Southeast | 85 (26.9) | 48 (24.4) | 37 (31.1) | ||
| Midwest | 80 (25.3) | 56 (28.4) | 24 (20.2) | ||
| Southern | 24 (7.6) | 15 (7.6) | 9 (7.6) | ||
| Mountain West | 25 (7.9) | 20 (10.2) | 5 (4.2) | ||
| Pacific | 31 (9.8) | 21 (10.7) | 10 (8.4) | ||
| Rurality | Urban | 188 (59.5) | 113 (57.4) | 75 (63.0) | 0.28 |
| Suburban | 89 (28.2) | 57 (28.9) | 32 (26.9) | ||
| Rural | 32 (10.1) | 24 (12.2) | 8 (6.7) | ||
| Other | 7 (2.2) | 3 (1.5) | 4 (3.4) |