Plastic and reconstructive surgery
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Plast. Reconstr. Surg.
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Plast. Reconstr. Surg. · Mar 2012
Retracted PublicationReconstructive surgery training: increased operative volume in plastic surgery residency programs.
Practitioners in other surgical specialties have increasingly advanced their volume of reconstructive procedures traditionally served by plastic surgeons. Because there has not been a previous specialty training comparison, the average operative reconstructive volume of graduating plastic surgery residents was formally compared with that of other specialties. ⋯ The quantitative operative experience of graduating plastic surgery residents for selected reconstructive cases is above that of the average graduating trainee outside of plastic surgery. Given the exposure and strength of plastic surgery training, plastic surgeons should remain at the forefront of reconstructive surgery.