Incision Classification Accuracy: Do Residents Know How to Classify Them?

Background: It is unclear whether surgical residents understand how to classify incisions, which may impact how closure is handled in the operating room. We hypothesized that surgical residents define incision class (IC) accurately compared with an attending NSQIP surgeon champion (SC).

Methods: We evaluated our NSQIP database from April 1, 2015, to December 31, 2016, including cases in which a resident was present and IC was documented.