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Table 1 Number of acute OASI repairs performed per year

From: Management of obstetric anal sphincter injury: a systematic review & national practice survey

Number of repairs

Consultant Coloproctologists

Consultant Obstetricians

Trainees

None

54 (60%)

69 (10.3%)

16 (10.8%)

Less than 5 /year

27 (30%)

290 (43.2%)

89 (60.1%)

5–10/ year

3 (3.3%)

168 (25%)

34 (23%)

More than 10/ year

6 (6.7%)

145 (21.5%)

9 (6.1%)

  1. Kruskal-Wallis test (χ2 2 = 102.4) p < 0.001