Why the study?
Does resident participation worsen outcomes in patients undergoing TKA?
Does resident participation worsen outcomes in patients undergoing TKA?
Resident participation in TKA does not negatively impact patient-reported outcomes, length of stay, or discharge disposition.
Supports resident participation in TKA without apparent outcome or cost harm; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
Our findings should help assure patients, residents, physicians, insurers, and hospital administrators that resident participation, after adjusting for numerous patient and clinical factors, does not have any association with key medical and financial metrics, including postoperative PCS, MCID PCS, length of stay, and facility discharge. Future research in this field should focus on whether residents affect knee-specific patient-reported outcomes such as the Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Score and additional orthopaedic procedures, and determine how resident medical education can be further enhanced without compromising patient care and safety.Level of Evidence Level III, therapeutic study.
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