Table 5.
Comparison of critical evaluation of surgical fellowship websites across disciplines.
| Study Information |
% of Programs |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Author, Year | Surgical Discipline | Fellowship Specialty | Number of Programs | Number of Websites | Description (Rank) | Faculty List (Rank) | Fellow List (Rank) | Research Opportunities (Rank) | Operative Case Listing (Rank) |
| Silvestre, 201614 | Plastic Surgery | Craniofacial Surgery | 28 | 24 | 95.8 (4) | 83.8 (3) | 41.7 (2) | 70.8 (3) | 75.0 (3) |
| Huang, 201713 | General Surgery | Vascular Surgery | 94 | 89 | 97.8 (3) | 89.9 (2) | 10.1 (7) | 34.8 (7) | 21.3 (6) |
| Shaath, 201819 | Orthopedic Surgery | Trauma Surgery |
54 | 51 | 100 (1) | 29 (6) | 35 (4) | 45 (5) | 76 (2) |
| Maisner, 202112 | Plastic Surgery | Aesthetic Surgery | 28 | 28 | 85.7 (6) | 17.9 (7) | 32.1 (5) | 35.7 (6) | 35.7 (5) |
| Gerlach, 202116 | Orthopedic-/Neuro-Surgery | Spine Surgery | 74 | 74 | 87.8 (5) | 77.0 (4) | 43.2 (1) | 81.1 (1) | 78.4 (1) |
| Aryanpour, 202215 | General Surgery | Surgical Oncology | 88 | 88 | 100 (1) | 64.0 (5) | 40.0 (3) | 56.0 (4) | 12.0 (7) |
| Present Study | Neurosurgery | Functional Neurosurgery | 43 | 35 | 81.4 (7) | 97.1 (1) | 25.7 (6) | 71.4 (2) | 60.0 (4) |