Research on surgical interventions is associated with several methodological and practical
challenges of which few, if any, apply only to surgery. However, surgical evaluation is …

Within general surgery education circles, the state of autonomy for residents in surgery
training programs has been of growing concern. 1–3 Although there is no direct objective …

Objectives Cardiac surgery is highly demanding and the ideal teaching method to reach
competency is widely debated. Some studies have shown that surgical trainees can safely …

Background: Operative procedural training is a key component of orthopaedic surgery
residency. The influence of intraoperative resident participation on the outcomes of surgery …

Background: Intraoperative experience is an essential component of surgical training. The
impact of resident involvement in plastic surgery has not previously been studied on a large …

BACKGROUND: Data on the characteristics and outcomes of patients operated on by
surgical residents are limited. METHODS: Using ACS-NSQIP (2005–2008), characteristics …

Objective Teaching the next generation operative cardiac surgery while maintaining the
highest level of patient care is an ever-increasing challenge given the growing proportion of …

Objective We hypothesized that increased postgraduate surgical experience correlates with
improved operative efficiency and long-term survival in standard cardiac surgery …

Background The prognostic impact of cross-clamp time (XCT) in patients undergoing
isolated coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) has not been thoroughly investigated …

Objectives Does the manipulation of the off-pump CABG (OPCAB) in patient with depressed
left ventricular function is better than on-pump CABG (ONCAB) approach in in-hospital …