Procedure-Specific Criteria Please assess performance and indicate the degree of prompting for each item. The assessment score for each item may differ from the prompting score for that item. Identification of Indirect Hernia Sac Poor Fair Good Very Good Excellent 1 2 3 4 5 NA Did not Some attempt Meticulous search specifically search to identify an for indirect sac, with for indirect sac indirect sac careful and efficient (neck) and/or poor (neck), some dissection; with high dissection of sac inefficiency in ligation of sac if sac dissection present Substantial Minimal Direction Some Direction Direction 1 2 3 4 5 NA Identification of Anatomic Landmarks for Mesh Placement Poor Fair Good Very Good Excellent 1 2 3 4 5 NA Did not identify Identifies Accurately landmarks until landmarks after identifies medial, prompted or some lateral directed to do so prompting landmarks without prompting for attachment of mesh in region of deep ring and/or inguinal floor Substantial Some Minimal Direction Direction Direction 1 2 3 4 5 NA Mesh Insertion Poor Fair Good Very Good Excellent 1 2 3 4 5 NA
Procedure-Specific Criteria Please assess performance and indicate the degree of prompting for each item. The assessment score for each item may differ from the prompting score for that item. Identification of Indirect Hernia Sac Poor 1 Fair 2 Good 3 Very Good 4 Excellent 5 NA Did not specifically search for indirect sac (neck) and/or poor dissection of sac Some attempt to identify an indirect sac (neck), some inefficiency in sac dissection Meticulous search for indirect sac, with careful and efficient dissection; with high ligation of sac if present Substantial Direction 1 2 Some Direction 3 4 Minimal Direction 5 NA Identification of Anatomic Landmarks for Mesh Placement Poor 1 Fair 2 Good 3 Very Good 4 Excellent 5 NA Did not identify landmarks until prompted or directed to do so Identifies landmarks after some prompting Accurately identifies medial, lateral landmarks without prompting for attachment of mesh in region of deep ring and/or inguinal floor Substantial Direction 1 2 Some Direction 3 4 Minimal Direction 5 NA Mesh Insertion Poor 1 Fair 2 Good 3 Very Good 4 Excellent 5 NA
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