Commentary: Walking the tightrope

Achieving the best possible outcomes for our patients and teaching the next generation are obligations fundamental to experienced cardiothoracic surgeons since the earliest years of the field, but balancing the two may be harder than ever. Patient populations get older with more comorbidities, improved transcatheter therapies reduce surgical volume and raise expectations for excellent surgical results, and scrutiny on resource utilization increases each year. In this issue, Chaban and co-authors1 demonstrate how they have walked this tight rope at their institution.
Source: Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery - Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Tags: ADULT – Commentary Source Type: research