Key result
Appendicectomy practice patterns between 1997 and 2002 reveal changes in surgical approaches and indicate the stage at which contemporary trainees achieve procedural competency.
Population
Trainees in surgery and anaesthesia and patients undergoing appendicectomy between 1997 and 2002
Design
Review
Authors
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Informs historical training benchmarks; leaves open relevance to current laparoscopic-dominant practice.
This review highlights the changing patterns in appendicectomy performance and surgical approaches between 1997 and 2002, as well as competency milestones for trainees.
Lansdown et al. (2006) studied this question. Appendicectomy practice patterns between 1997 and 2002 reveal changes in surgical approaches and indicate the stage at which contemporary trainees achieve procedural competency.
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