Surgical outcomes based on resident involvement: what is the impact on vascular surgery patients?

Background: Central to the education of future surgeons is residency which involves training and learning on patients. We examined the quality of surgical outcomes of vascular patients when residents were involved in their surgical case.

Study Design: A retrospective review was conducted using the data from the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program from the 2010 year vascular surgery patient cases.