Surgical laparoscopy & endoscopy
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Surg Laparosc Endosc
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Surg Laparosc Endosc · Jun 1997
Multicenter StudyTrends in resident experience in open and laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) has replaced open cholecystectomy (OC) as the most common operation for gallbladder disease. Our goal was to determine the effect of this phenomenon on resident training in biliary surgery. The numbers of all cholecystectomies (ACs), OCs, LCs, and advanced procedures (common bile duct exploration and choledochoscopy, (CBDE) performed by residents during academic years 1989 to 1994 were examined. ⋯ Experience in CBDE for the residency as a whole and for the cohort was stable. In conclusion, experience in ACs and LCs has increased, and experience in OCs has decreased. Also, experience in biliary surgery has shifted to the senior level.