Table 1

Demographics of participating spine surgeons in Saudi Arabia (N = 98).

Personal Data n %
Specialty
 Neurosurgery6061.2%
 Orthopedics3838.8%
School of training
 European2121.4%
 Local2121.4%
 North American5657.1%
Dedicated spine fellowship
 Yes5354.1%
 No4545.9%
Time in practice, y
<5 y2323.5%
 5–10 y2020.4%
 >10 y5556.1%
Where do you practice currently?
 MOH government hospital4141.8%
 MOH private hospital4040.8%
 National guard hospital1515.3%
 University hospital1616.3%
 Military hospital1111.2%
 King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center55.1%a
Annual number of acute spinal cord injury cases you manage
<105051.0%
 10–202323.5%
>202525.5%
  • Abbreviations: MOH, Ministry of Health.

  • a Some surgeons work in more than 1 hospital.