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Surgeons are an integral part of the health care system, supplying critical and urgent care in nearly every field of medicine. But surgeons are already in short supply, with the gap between the number needed and the number working expected to get worse.

In a new study, researchers at The Ohio State University and The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center found that nearly 10 % of surgeons left clinical practice within an eight-year period. These results are published** **in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons (JACS).

They found an overall cumulative attrition rate of 9.7% over eight years, with overall attrition rates steady from 2013 to 2018 before rising sharply in 2020, most likely due to higher rates of retirement during the COVID-19 pandemic, Pawlik explained. They also found that surgeons most likely to leave were mid-career surgeons with five to nine years of practice.

When it comes to subspecialties, researchers found the highest five-year accumulative attrition rates in oral and maxillofacial surgery (25.1%), obstetrics and gynecology (23.2%), and plastic and reconstructive surgery (19.3%). The lowest annual attrition rates were observed in orthopedic surgery (0.7%), otolaryngology (0.5%), podiatry/foot and ankle surgery (0.4%), and vascular surgery (0.8%).

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Nearly 1 in 10 surgeons leave active clinical practice within 8 years. Highest losses were in oral and maxillofacial surgery, obstetrics and gynecology, and plastic and reconstructive surgery; mid-career surgeons are most at risk.

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