Key result
Pediatric appendicectomy training for new UK trainees is shifting toward greater laparoscopic experience at the expense of open surgery exposure.
Highlights a potential shift in surgical training where laparoscopic experience is gained at the expense of open surgery skills.
The new generation of trainees may be obtaining more experience of laparoscopic appendicectomy, at the expense of exposure to open surgery training.
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Bandi et al. (2018) studied this question. Pediatric appendicectomy training for new UK trainees is shifting toward greater laparoscopic experience at the expense of open surgery exposure.
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