Aesthetic Surgery Training during Residency in the United States: A Comparison of the Integrated, Combined, and Independent Training Models

Table 1

Number of aesthetic surgery cases as primary surgeon at the time of the survey versus upon completion of training.

	None	1–10	11–15	16–20	>20	value	None	1–10	11–15	16–20	>20	value
Integrated () (%)	1 (4.4)	9 (39.1)	3 (13.0)	2 (8.7)	8 (34.8)	0.21	0 (0.0)	1 (4.4)	2 (8.7)	1 (4.4)	19 (82.6)	0.98
Combined () (%)	1 (4.2)	5 (20.8)	3 (12.5)	0 (0.0)	15 (62.5)		0 (0.0)	2 (8.3)	3 (12.5)	0 (0.0)	19 (79.2)
Independent () (%)	5 (12.8)	9 (23.1)	9 (23.1)	0 (0.0)	16 (41.0)		1 (2.6)	4 (10.3)	3 (7.7)	2 (5.1)	29 (74.4)
	Number of aesthetic surgery cases as primary surgeon at the time of the survey						Number of aesthetic surgery cases as primary surgeon upon completion of training