Jessica M Kohring, Michael O Bishop, Angela P Presson, John J Harrast, J Lawrence Marsh, Theodore W Parsons, Charles L Saltzman
BACKGROUND: The goal of surgical education is to prepare the trainee for independent practice; however, the relevance of the current residency experience to practice remains uncertain. The purpose of this study was to identify the surgical procedures most frequently performed in orthopaedic residency and in early surgical practice and to identify surgical procedures performed more often or less often in orthopaedic residency compared with early surgical practice. METHODS: This retrospective cohort study included American Medical Association (AMA) Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes (n = 4,329,561 procedures) reported by all U...
April 4, 2018: Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. American Volume