Training of ear surgeons

The results of surgery in eighty-two ears with chronic otitis media operated on by residents were compared with the results of surgery in 196 ears with chronic otitis operated on by senior surgeons. Despite all "difficult" and complicated chronic ears having been operated on by the faculty staff, the results in ears operated on by residents were in several respects poorer than in ears operated on by senior surgeons. Fortunately, no serious complication of surgery occurred in the ears operated on by residents. Methods for training residents in surgery are discussed.