Purpose Intraoperative performance assessment of residents is of growing interest to
trainees, faculty, and accreditors. Current approaches to collect such assessments are …

Introduction: Fibrin sealants (FS) have been approved for use in the United States since
1998. Since approval, they have been used in a wide variety of clinical settings and new …

Objective: This study evaluates the current state of the General Surgery (GS) residency
training model by investigating resident operative performance and autonomy. Background …

Significance: Nutrition has been recognized as a critical component of acute burn care and
ultimate wound healing. Debate remains over the appropriate timing of enteral nutrition and …

Background Despite an increasing number of women in the field of surgery, bias regarding
cognitive or technical ability may continue to affect the experience of female trainees …

Background Concerns exist regarding the competency of general surgery graduates with
performing core general surgery procedures. Current competence assessment incorporates …

In the US, injury accounts for nearly 200,000 deaths and more than 30 million nonfatal
injuries annually. 1 The survival rate after major trauma has improved steadily since the …

Introduction Extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR) is an emerging invasive
rescue therapy for treatment of refractory out-of-hospital cardiac arrests (OHCA). We aim to …

Introduction Successful burn care should facilitate comprehensive, functional recovery after
an injury. But we have a poor understanding of which risk factors influence long-term …

Background and Objectives There remains a need to objectively monitor burn wound
healing within a clinical setting, and optical coherence tomography (OCT) is proving itself …