Number of procedures in residency

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Thought prospective residents might be interested. At Michigan we have a computerized log so each procedure below is attached to the EMR. If anything the number of peripheral joint and nerve injections are low, I forgot to record a quite few as this was not required. This is my total at the end of my residency. My numbers are low/average except maybe fluoro procedures(still not the most in my class).

EMG-208 total (start to finish, no doubling up of residents)
-Radic-56, CTS-43, PN-17, Myopathy-6, Misc(didnt record type and/or
didnt want to seach EMR)-86

Peripheral joint/nerve- 88 total
-CTS-17, Shoulder-16, Knee- 19, TP-5, Gr. Trochanter-7, Botox- 12,
Misc(less than 5)- 12

Fluoro- 349 total (did not count any I did not complete start to finish)
-TFESI-121, Facet(not perifacet)-76, SI-61, MBB-52, Caudal-13, Hip-10,
Disco-2, Stellate 2, RF-5, Cervical MBB-1, Lumbar sympathetic block-1, Misc(less than 5)-7
-The fellows do the vast majority of cervical procedures, discos and RFs.

Might be interesting if others have hard numbers to share. I know I thought I had done alot more botox...
 
Thought prospective residents might be interested. At Michigan we have a computerized log so each procedure below is attached to the EMR. If anything the number of peripheral joint and nerve injections are low, I forgot to record a quite few as this was not required. This is my total with a couple weeks of EMG/Fluoro/Clinic left in my residency. My numbers are low/average except maybe fluoro procedures(still not the most in my class).

EMG-193 total (start to finish, no doubling up of residents)
-Radic-51, CTS-43, PN-17, Myopathy-6, Misc(didnt record type and
didnt want to seach EMR or less than 5)-79

Peripheral joint/nerve- 87 total
-CTS-17, Shoulder-16, Knee- 19, TP-5, Gr. Trochanter-6, Botox- 12,
Misc(see above)- 12

Fluoro- 333 total (did not count any I did not complete start to finish)
-TFESI-113, Facet(not perifacet)-75, SI-60, MBB-52, Caudal-11, Hip-10,
Disco-2, Stellate 2, RF-2, Cervical-1, Misc-7
-The fellows do the vast majority of cervicals, discos and RFs.

Might be interesting if others have hard numbers to share. I know I thought I had done alot more botox...

no interlaminars, yet 113 TFEs

not entirely sure i know what a "cervical" is - ESI perhaps?

2 stellates yet no LSB's

astonishingly low number of MBBs given a typical double block paradigm did you do I injections in place of the standard second MBB?
 
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