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DAVID E. SCHULLER, MD

Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 1989;115(12):1422-1423.

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Dr Paul Friedmann's recently published comments in the Archives of Surgery¹ focused on his concerns about the continuing fragmentation in general surgery. It appears to me that some of his statements are not accurate and certainly deserve a response. It is important for the reader to understand that I am not acting as a spokesperson for any of the organizations with which I am currently affiliated. However, I have had an opportunity to be somewhat involved in the last few years, serving as a member and now Chair of the Residency Review Committee for Otolaryngology. The numbers of operative head and neck surgical procedures in 1988 that were performed by otolaryngologist-head and neck surgery residents demonstrates that there was a much greater operative experience in otolaryngology in spite of the fact that it involved only 277 residents compared with 988 general surgery residents. This numerical information is . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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