Assessing the Impact of Resident Participation in Emergency General Surgery in the Older Adult Population
Participation of residents in EGS procedures is associated with increased operative time, rate of surgical site infection, and unplanned reoperation. However, resident involvement had no effect on patient mortality. Efforts to improve surgical education while not compromising patient safety are needed.
Authors
- Emanuele Lagazzi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5696-9641)
- Dias Argandykov (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7466-8917)
- Charudutt N. Paranjape (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1667-9236)
- Michael P. DeWane (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7042-7400)
- John O. Hwabejire (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0759-2638)
- Jefferson A. Proaño-Zamudio (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8970-4642)
- Wardah Rafaqat
- May Abiad
- George C. Velmahos
- Yasmin Arda
Institutions
- Massachusetts General Hospital (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of surgical education
- Published
- 2025-07-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsurg.2025.103626
- Primary Topic
- Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00