The Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume
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J Bone Joint Surg Am · Aug 2014
Review Multicenter StudyImpact of Resident Involvement on Orthopaedic Surgery Outcomes: An Analysis of 30,628 Patients from the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program Database.
Operative procedural training is a key component of orthopaedic surgery residency. The influence of intraoperative resident participation on the outcomes of surgery has not been studied extensively using large, population-based databases. ⋯ Therapeutic Level III. See Instructions for Authors for a complete description of levels of evidence.