Results from the study showed that this influx of new resident and fellows in July has a negligible effect on spine surgery outcomes.
Researchers studied a database of hospitalized patients nationwide from 2001 to 2008 who received nearly 1 million spine procedures. No “July effect” was observed in higher-risk patients, elective surgical patients or patients undergoing simple spinal procedures.
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