title: What are the complex operations and why?
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Surgeons are often judged by their ability to perform complex surgical procedures.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Data show the number of these procedures as defined by the number of procedures performed during surgical training may be significantly more common than would be expected by their program directors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA. Klillemoe@partners.org
authors.forename: Keith D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Lillemoe
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000193:education* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data