Impact of Residents on Operative Time in Aesthetic Surgery at an Academic Institution.

Background: Duration of surgery is a known risk factor for increased complication rates. Longer operations may lead to increased cost to the patient and institution. While previous studies have looked at the safety of aesthetic surgery with resident involvement, little research has examined whether resident involvement increases operative time of aesthetic procedures.

Are Residents Prepared for Surgical Cases? Implications in Patient Safety and Education.

Objective: In surgical education, the areas of focus and evaluation are skewed toward technical skill and operative knowledge; less emphasized is familiarity with the patient's medical history. The purposes of this study were to characterize how surgical trainees prepare for cases and to determine the comprehensiveness of their preparation.

Design: A 27-question survey was created through a web-based software program and distributed to all resident physicians and fellows in the Departments of Surgery, Neurosurgery, and Otolaryngology at our institution.

Calvarial thickness and diploic space development in children with sagittal synostosis as assessed by computed tomography.

Following surgical management of craniosynostosis, residual calvarial defects may require reconstruction, frequently with the use of cranial bone grafts. Knowledge of optimal sites for harvest would be beneficial in such situations. The goal of this study is to compare calvarial thickness (CALV) and diploic thickness (DIPL) in children with corrected sagittal synostosis to normal controls (n = 47) using postoperative CT scans.