Do Resident Duty Hour Restrictions Reduce Technical Complications of Emergency Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy?

There was no correlation between imposition of duty hour restrictions and technical complication rates in this study. Duration of operative time of 120 minutes or longer was the only independent marker, suggesting that technical complications are a function of operative complexity, not duration of duty. These data suggest that duty hour restrictions might not have a measurable influence on the surgical complication rate after emergency cholecystectomy.