Trends in orthoplastic operative exposure for plastic surgery residents in the United States

CONCLUSIONS: Our findings suggest that plastic surgery residents may be increasingly well-prepared to contribute to orthoplastic care during and following their training. The steady proportion of cases that orthoplastic-type procedures represented over the study period suggests the increase in relevant orthoplastic case volume may be incidental and secondary to an overall rise among all procedures. Given evidence of the benefits of an orthoplastic approach, we recommend consideration of explicit benchmarks for orthoplastic training among plastic surgery residents.PMID:38387419 | DOI:10.1016/j.bjps.2024.02.037

Source: Hand Surgery - February 22, 2024 Category: Surgery Authors: Alexander F Dagi Myles N LaValley Sarah E Diaddigo June K Wu Jarrod T Bogue Source Type: research