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Laparoscopic cholecystectomy as a teaching operation: comparison of outcome between residents and attending surgeons in 1,747 patients.
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22 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 47 citations in OpenAlex.
- Surgeon and trainee perspectives on intraoperative education: a systematic review and meta-synthesis.Medical education online · 2025Pooled it
- Structured feedback and operative video debriefing with critical view of safety annotation in training of laparoscopic cholecystectomy: a randomized controlled study.Surgical endoscopy · 2024Trial
- Laparoscopic cholecystectomy: a prospective cohort study assessing the impact of grade of operating surgeon on operative time and 30-day morbidity.Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England · 2018Trial
- The distribution of robotic surgery in general and visceral surgery departments in Switzerland - a nationwide inquiry.Innovative surgical sciences · 2024Article
- Multicenter retrospective cohort Italian study on elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy performed by the surgical residents.Langenbeck's archives of surgery · 2022Article
- Use of the self-reported critical view of safety in laparoscopic cholecystectomy during residency.Surgical endoscopy · 2022Article
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- Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography enhanced by virtual reality as a novel tool to improve the understanding of biliary anatomy and the teaching of surgical trainees.Frontiers in surgery · 2022Article
- Laparoscopic cholecystectomy performed by general surgery residents. Is it safe? How much does it cost?Revista do Colegio Brasileiro de Cirurgioes · 2021Article
- Fluorescence cholangiography enhances surgical residents' biliary delineation skill for laparoscopic cholecystectomies.World journal of gastrointestinal surgery · 2020Article
- Evaluating the impact of resident involvement during the laparoscopic nephrectomy.Central European journal of urology · 2019Article
- The Presence of an Advanced Gastrointestinal (GI)/Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS) Fellowship Program Does Not Impact Short-Term Patient Outcomes Following Fundoplication or Esophagomyotomy.Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract · 2018Article
- Impact of surgical proficiency levels on postoperative morbidity: a single centre analysis of 558 ileostomy reversals.International journal of colorectal disease · 2018Article
- Impact of Residency Training Level on the Surgical Quality Following General Surgery Procedures.World journal of surgery · 2017Article
- Impact of Fellow Versus Resident Assistance on Outcomes Following Pancreatoduodenectomy.Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract · 2017Article
- Fluorescent incisionless cholangiography as a teaching tool for identification of Calot's triangle.Surgical endoscopy · 2017Article
- Clinical strategies to aim an adequate safety profile for patients and effective training for surgical residents: The laparoscopic cholecystectomy model.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2016Article
- A Challenge between Trainee Education and Patient Safety: Does Fellow Participation Impact Postoperative Outcomes Following Bariatric Surgery?Obesity surgery · 2016Article
- Laparoscopic cholecystectomy: consensus conference-based guidelines.Langenbeck's archives of surgery · 2015Review
- Additional surgical procedure is a risk factor for surgical site infections after laparoscopic cholecystectomy.Langenbeck's archives of surgery · 2014Article
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Abstract
purposeStandardized surgical training is increasingly confronted with the public demand for high quality of surgical care in modern teaching hospitals. The aim of this study was to compare the results of laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) performed by resident surgeons (RS) and attending surgeons (AS).
methodsIn this retrospective review of prospectively collected data 1,747 LC were performed in a community hospital between 1999 and 2009. Seven hundred seventy operations were performed by RS. Parameters analysed included the duration of operation and length of hospital stay, intraoperative complications, 30-day morbidity and mortality.
resultsDuration of operation was 88 (25-245) min for RS vs. 75 (30-190) min by AS (p = 0.001). Elective operations were shorter when performed by AS (70 (30-190) [AS] vs. 85 (25-240) [RS] min, p = 0.001). Length of hospital stay was shorter in patients treated by RS (4 (1-49) days [RS] vs. 5 (1-83) days [AS], p = 0.1). Intraoperative complications showed no differences between the groups (1.0% [RS] vs. 1.3% [AS], p = 0.6), whereas 30-day morbidity was lower in patients treated by RS (3.8% [RS] vs. 6.2% [AS], p = 0.02). Overall mortality was 0.6% and independent of surgical expertise (0.5% [RS] vs. 0.8% [AS], p = 0.5).
conclusionsProvided adequate training, supervision and patient selection, surgical residents are able to perform LC with results comparable to those of experienced surgeons.
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