Oncological Treatment Considerations Differ across Surgical Subspecialties Treating Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumors: An International Survey

Table 1

Demographical data of survey respondents.

Variable (N)	Oncologic surgery	Neurosurgery	Plastic surgery	Other specialties
	30	30	85	29
Experience
Mean (SD)	15.64 (9.31)	13.26 (8.64)	13.49 (9.81)	15.64 (10.13)	0.603
<10 years	28.6%	37.0%	43.1%	36.0%	0.585
10–20 years	50.0%	37.0%	34.7%	28.0%
>20 years	21.4%	25.9%	22.2%	36.0%
Fellowship training
Sarcoma	81.5%	0.0%	2.8%	8.0%	<0.001
PNS	0.0%	55.6%	29.2%	56.0%
Sarcoma & PNS	3.7%	0.0%	2.8%	0.0%
Other or none	14.8%	44.4%	65.3%	36.0%
Annual caseload
0-1	18.5%	50.0%	70.4%	66.7%	<0.001
2-3	22.2%	34.6%	22.5%	12.5%
3–5	33.3%	15.4%	2.8%	12.5%
>5	25.9%	0.0%	4.2%	8.3%
Tumor sites operated
Intracranial	0.0%	34.6%	0.0%	0.0%	<0.001
Head & neck	18.5%	42.3%	14.1%	8.3%	0.007
(Para)spinal	22.2%	76.9%	1.4%	4.2%	<0.001
Superficial thoracic	55.6%	34.6%	8.5%	8.3%	<0.001
Intrathoracic	37.0%	15.4%	0.0%	0.0%	<0.001
Abdominal	74.1%	23.1%	5.6%	4.2%	<0.001
Retroperitoneal	74.1%	46.2%	4.2%	0.0%	<0.001
Pelvic	81.5%	38.5%	1.4%	8.3%	<0.001
Extremities	85.2%	84.6%	93.0%	75.0%	0.136
Brachial plexus	37.0%	65.4%	35.2%	41.7%	0.059

N: number, PNS: peripheral nerve surgery, SD: standard deviation.