More than 40% of cases by early career sports medicine surgeons are outside the specialty

Early career sports medicine surgeons should expect to perform general, trauma and adult reconstruction cases, as results showed this surgeon population will perform more than 40% of their cases outside of the sports medicine specialty.
Using the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery Part-II case list database, Paul M. Inclan, MD, and colleagues analyzed the practice patterns of 3,298 early career surgeons who completed a sports medicine fellowship between Jan. 1, 2003, and Jan. 1, 2020.
According to the study, researchers recorded annual and overall procedure volumes, candidate case mix, as

Early career sports medicine surgeons should expect to perform general, trauma and adult reconstruction cases, as results showed this surgeon population will perform more than 40% of their cases outside of the sports medicine specialty.
Using the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery Part-II case list database, Paul M. Inclan, MD, and colleagues analyzed the practice patterns of 3,298 early career surgeons who completed a sports medicine fellowship between Jan. 1, 2003, and Jan. 1, 2020.
According to the study, researchers recorded annual and overall procedure volumes, candidate case mix, as