Surgery without surgeons: a national wake-up call on the state of surgical training in Italy

Alessandro Giardino, Elisa Bannone, Isabella Frigerio, Roberto Luca Meniconi, Carmelo Romeo, Diego Foschi, Marco Piemonte, Vito Chiantera, Maurizio Brausi, Unknown, Maria Gabriella Rugiu, Filippo La Torre, Rosario Leonardi, Nicola Avenia, Pietro Forestieri, Vito D’Andrea, Vittorio Creazzo, Vincenzo Maritati, Danilo Mazzacane, Massimo Misiti, Annibale Donini, Massimo Carlini, Mario Nosotti, Andrea Mingoli, Franco Greco, Federico Raveglia, Ramuscello Salvatore, Luciano De Carlis, Pasquale Talento, Gabriele Materazzi, Daniela Rega

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DOI: 10.1007/s13304-026-02681-z
Published: 2026-07-07
Container: Updates in Surgery
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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@article{allodium:10.1007/s13304-026-02681-z,
  title = {Surgery without surgeons: a national wake-up call on the state of surgical training in Italy},
  author = {Alessandro Giardino and Elisa Bannone and Isabella Frigerio and Roberto Luca Meniconi and Carmelo Romeo and Diego Foschi and Marco Piemonte and Vito Chiantera and Maurizio Brausi and Unknown and Maria Gabriella Rugiu and Filippo La Torre and Rosario Leonardi and Nicola Avenia and Pietro Forestieri and Vito D’Andrea and Vittorio Creazzo and Vincenzo Maritati and Danilo Mazzacane and Massimo Misiti and Annibale Donini and Massimo Carlini and Mario Nosotti and Andrea Mingoli and Franco Greco and Federico Raveglia and Ramuscello Salvatore and Luciano De Carlis and Pasquale Talento and Gabriele Materazzi and Daniela Rega},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {Updates in Surgery},
  doi = {10.1007/s13304-026-02681-z},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1007/s13304-026-02681-z}
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - Surgery without surgeons: a national wake-up call on the state of surgical training in Italy
AU  - Alessandro Giardino
AU  - Elisa Bannone
AU  - Isabella Frigerio
AU  - Roberto Luca Meniconi
AU  - Carmelo Romeo
AU  - Diego Foschi
AU  - Marco Piemonte
AU  - Vito Chiantera
AU  - Maurizio Brausi
AU  - Unknown
AU  - Maria Gabriella Rugiu
AU  - Filippo La Torre
AU  - Rosario Leonardi
AU  - Nicola Avenia
AU  - Pietro Forestieri
AU  - Vito D’Andrea
AU  - Vittorio Creazzo
AU  - Vincenzo Maritati
AU  - Danilo Mazzacane
AU  - Massimo Misiti
AU  - Annibale Donini
AU  - Massimo Carlini
AU  - Mario Nosotti
AU  - Andrea Mingoli
AU  - Franco Greco
AU  - Federico Raveglia
AU  - Ramuscello Salvatore
AU  - Luciano De Carlis
AU  - Pasquale Talento
AU  - Gabriele Materazzi
AU  - Daniela Rega
PY  - 2026
JO  - Updates in Surgery
DO  - 10.1007/s13304-026-02681-z
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1007/s13304-026-02681-z
ER  -

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Giardino, A., Bannone, E., Frigerio, I., Meniconi, R. L., Romeo, C., Foschi, D., Piemonte, M., Chiantera, V., Brausi, M., Unknown, Rugiu, M. G., Torre, F. L., Leonardi, R., Avenia, N., Forestieri, P., D’Andrea, V., Creazzo, V., Maritati, V., Mazzacane, D., Misiti, M., Donini, A., Carlini, M., Nosotti, M., Mingoli, A., Greco, F., Raveglia, F., Salvatore, R., Carlis, L. D., Talento, P., Materazzi, G., & Rega, D. (2026). Surgery without surgeons: a national wake-up call on the state of surgical training in Italy. Updates in Surgery. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13304-026-02681-z

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