Table 3.

Mean procedure times by procedure for attending surgeons and resident surgeon. Difference = resident surgeon time minus attending surgeon time. Two-sided p-value denotes level of significance between attending surgeon and resident surgeon.

		Mean Surgical Time (SD), Minutes
Procedure	Total Patients	Attending Surgeon	Resident Surgeon	Difference (mins)	P-value
Tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy	1,741	15.5 (10.4)	27.3 (12.4)	+ 11.8	<0.0001
Tonsillectomy alone	264	15.0 (9.5)	23.9 (10.7)	+ 8.9	<0.0001
Adenoidectomy alone	446	11.4 (11.5)	16.6 (9.6)	+ 5.2	<0.0001
Bilateral tympanostomy tubes	1,471	6.9 (4.5)	10.8 (5.7)	+ 3.9	<0.0001