Association of Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery Certification With Outcomes of Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Performed by Surgical Residents

Emily D Dubina; Xuan-Binh D Pham; Alexander C Schwed; Hoover Wu; Imani McElroy; Amy H Kaji; Christian de Virgilio

doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2018.2705

Association of Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery Certification With Outcomes of Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Performed by Surgical Residents

JAMA Surg. 2018 Dec 1;153(12):1158-1160. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2018.2705.

Authors

Emily D Dubina¹, Xuan-Binh D Pham¹, Alexander C Schwed¹, Hoover Wu^{1

2}, Imani McElroy^{1

3}, Amy H Kaji^{4

5}, Christian de Virgilio^{1

5}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California.
² Department of Surgery, University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois.
³ Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.
⁴ Department of Emergency Medicine, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California.
⁵ Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California.

Abstract

This study examines outcomes of laparoscopic cholecystectomies performed by surgical residents before and after mandatory implementation of Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery certification to assess whether certification is associated with residence performance or patient outcome.

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Certification
Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic / education
Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic / standards*
Clinical Competence / standards
Conversion to Open Surgery
Female
Humans
Internship and Residency*
Laparoscopy / education*
Length of Stay
Male
Middle Aged
Operative Time
Postoperative Complications / etiology
Retrospective Studies
Risk Factors