Surgical Medical Staff In Syria:
- The survey of hospitals implicated accuracy of the survey of the surgical staff due to the fact that surgeons work almost exclusively in hospitals, through different specializations. However, there is a 50% chance of over-estimation due to the shared work of a number of surgical staff in more than one hospital according to the given detailed sample. This applies particularly to under siege areas.
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We noted that specialists outnumbered residents in all disciplines.
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Most of specialists were general, orthopedic or obstetrician surgeons, followed by urologists and otolaryngologists, and the remaining were rare, in general.
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Pediatric, oncology, maxillary and neurosurgery specialists were scarce.
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There were about 150 residents in diverse surgical specialties, many functioning as main surgeons.