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Key Points Question Is surgical resident operative autonomy associated with worse patient outcomes? Findings In this cohort study of 1 319 020 surgical procedures recorded in the Veterans Affairs Surgical Quality Improvement Program database, those performed by residents alone were not associated with differences in all-cause mortality or morbidity compared with those performed by attending surgeons alone or by attending surgeons and residents together.
Research Letter November 17, 2021 JAMA Surg. 2022;157(1):76-78. doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2021.5840 Surgical resident operative autonomy is essential for maturation toward independent practice.1 However, autonomy has been decreasing over time.
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