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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2025 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Surgery. 2023 Nov 10;175(1):107–113. doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2023.05.048

Table III.

Case volume of residents pursuing an American Association of Endocrine Surgeons-accredited fellowship

Resident cases performed AAES fellowship-bound Residents
Median (IQR)
Other residents
Median (IQR)
P value
Total endocrine cases
 Surgeon chief 22 (15–43) 11 (4–20) < .01
 Surgeon junior 49 (21–58) 21 (11–40) < .01
 Teaching assistant 1 (0–4) 0 (0–0) < .01
 Total 81 (59–99) 37 (21–55) < .01
Thyroid cases
 Surgeon chief 13 (8–23) 6 (2–11) < .01
 Surgeon junior 28 (11–39) 13 (6–25) < .01
 Teaching assistant rowhead 0 (0–2) 0 (0–0) < .01
 Total rowhead 52 (25–64) 21 (13–34) < .01
Parathyroid cases
 Surgeon chief 7 (2–15) 2 (1–6) < .01
 Surgeon junior 14 (9–19) 7 (3–13) < .01
 Teaching assistant 0 (0–2) 0 (0–0) .03
 Total 25 (15–33) 11 (6–18) < .01
Adrenal cases
 Surgeon chief 3 (2–4) 1 (0–2) < .01
 Surgeon junior 1 (0–2) 1 (0–1) .17
 Teaching assistant 0 (0–0) 0 (0–0) < .01
 Total 4 (3–6) 2 (1–4) < .01

AAES, American Association of Endocrine Surgeons.