Understanding the Operative Experience of the Practicing Pediatric Surgeon
Author(s) -
Fizan Abdullah,
Jose H. Salazar,
Colin D. Gause,
Samir K. Gadepalli,
Thomas W. Biester,
Kenneth S. Azarow,
Mary L. Brandt,
Dai H. Chung,
Dennis P. Lund,
Frederick J. Rescorla,
John H.T. Waldhausen,
Thomas F. Tracy,
Mary E. Fallat,
Michael D. Klein,
Frank R. Lewis,
Ronald B. Hirschl
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
jama surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.757
H-Index - 176
eISSN - 2168-6262
pISSN - 2168-6254
DOI - 10.1001/jamasurg.2016.0261
Subject(s) - medicine , pediatric surgeon , pediatric surgery , incidence (geometry) , general surgery , inguinal hernia , population , retrospective cohort study , board certification , hernia , surgery , pediatrics , residency training , continuing education , physics , environmental health , optics , medical education
The number of practicing pediatric surgeons has increased rapidly in the past 4 decades, without a significant increase in the incidence of rare diseases specific to the field. Maintenance of competency in the index procedures for these rare diseases is essential to the future of the profession.
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