Resident Involvement in Hip Arthroscopy Procedures Does Not Affect Short-Term Surgical Outcomes.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To evaluate whether the presence of residents in hip arthroscopy (HA) procedures affects short-term surgical outcomes.

Methods

The American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program Database was used to identify patients who underwent HA from 2006 to 2012. Demographic and 30-day outcome variables were compared between cohorts of patients with and without residents. Multivariate logistic regression was used to identify whether resident involvement was an independent risk factor for adverse outcomes. Propensity score matching was performed to control for all demographic and intraoperative variables.

Results

A total of 869 patients (59.7% female) were included in this study, 626 of which reported data on resident involvement. Patients were

SUBMITTER: Crutchfield CR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8527250 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature