American journal of surgery
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Comparative Study
Comparison of the first 100 coronary bypass patients of a supervised resident with his first 100 as an attending surgeon at the same institution.
Although coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) has been analyzed intensely for 30 years, little information is available on the characteristics and outcome of CABG patients operated upon by resident trainees or first-year attending surgeons in a public teaching hospital. ⋯ If properly supervised by experienced staff surgeons, a resident trainee can achieve satisfactory results in CABG in a heterogeneous group of patients. Furthermore, the transition to attending surgeon can be achieved with a good outcome for the patients.