Surgical registrars' exposure to trauma laparotomy: A retrospective study from a level 1 trauma centre in New Zealand.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The objective of this study was to review the experience of surgical registrars in performing trauma laparotomies at a level 1 trauma centre in New Zealand, and to benchmark this exposure against the current literature on the topic.

Methods

A cohort study was conducted retrospectively at a level 1 trauma centre, Waikato Hospital, Hamilton, New Zealand. All patients (>15 years) who underwent a laparotomy for trauma between 2012 and 2020 were included. These patients were stratified by the study conductors retrospectively, according to each case's primary operator and compared the experience of each respective operator according to the time of day and by the mechanism of injury.

Results

During the 9-year study period, a total of 204 trauma laparotomies were

SUBMITTER: Ko J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11749926 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature