The Rise of Minimally Invasive Surgery: 16 Year Analysis of the Progressive Replacement of Open Surgery with Laparoscopy.

Conclusion: While the overall operative volume has increased nationally for surgical residents, the representation of open cases has steadily declined since the advent of MIS. The experience needed in open surgery during resident training is still to be determined and may be necessary now that laparoscopy is progressively replacing open operations. PMID: 33510568 [PubMed - in process]
Source: JSLS : Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons - Category: Surgery Tags: JSLS Source Type: research