Table 5. Comparison of critical evaluation of surgical fellowship Web sites across disciplines.
| Author, year | Surgical discipline | Fellowship specialty | Program number | Number of Web sites | Description (rank) | Faculty list (rank) | Fellow list (rank) | Research opportunities (rank) | Operative case listing (rank) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silvestre, 2016 17 | Plastic surgery | Craniofacial surgery | 28 | 24 | 95.8 (3) | 83.8 (3) | 41.7 (3) | 70.8 (4) | 75.0 (4) |
| Huang, 2017 4 | General surgery | Vascular surgery | 94 | 89 | 97.8 (2) | 89.9 (2) | 10.1 (8) | 34.8 (8) | 21.3 (7) |
| Shaath, 2018 18 | Orthopaedic surgery | Trauma surgery |
54 | 51 | 100 (1) | 29 (6) | 35 (5) | 45 (5) | 76 (3) |
| Maisner, 2021 15 | Plastic surgery | Aesthetic surgery | 28 | 28 | 85.7 (6) | 17.9 (8) | 32.1 (6) | 35.7 (7) | 35.7 (6) |
| Gerlach, 2021 3 | Orthopaedic/neurosurgery | Spine surgery | 74 | 74 | 87.8 (5) | 77.0 (4) | 43.2 (2) | 81.1 (1) | 78.4 (2) |
| Aryanpour, 2022 19 | General surgery | Surgical oncology | 88 | 88 | 100 (1) | 64.0 (5) | 40.0 (4) | 56.0 (5) | 12.0 (8) |
| Gariscsak, 2023 2 | Neurosurgery | Functional neurosurgery | 43 | 35 | 81.4 (7) | 97.1(1) | 25.7 (7) | 71.4 (3) | 60.0 (5) |
| Present study | Neurosurgery/ENT | Skull base surgery | 67 | 53 | 94.3 (4) | 43.4 (6) | 45.3 (1) | 77.4 (2) | 88.7 (1) |
Abbreviation: ENT, ear, nose, throat.