But it's not clear if the performance lapses seen in the study would be meaningful in real-world operating rooms, says surgeon Emily Boyle, the lead author of the study and a researcher at the Royal College of Surgeons, in Dublin, Ireland.
Registry studies such as the current one enable researchers to use accumulated data on the real-world experience of thousands of patients, but as the current study suggests, that doesn't necessarily resolve uncertainty over which treatment approach is better.
Our objective was to strengthen the material already being taught, expand into new areas of study and convey to students the connection between what they were learning and the realworld.
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