During the French-Mexican War, a poorly supplied and outnumbered Mexican army under General Ignacio Zaragoza defeats a French army attempting to capture Puebla de Los Angeles, a small town in east-central Mexico.
At least 30% to 50% of graduating general surgeons take fellowships and ultimately narrow the scope of their practices. These surgeons do not perform all the procedures that the average general surgeon does. Almost 50% of medical school graduates are women, and up to 40% of surgical residents are women as well. Here is âthe elephant in the roomâ that no one wants to talk about.
The highest average number of procedures performed monthly (35) is by orthopedic surgeons in the 40 to 49 age bracket. General orthopedic surgeons report an average of 28 procedures performed per month, while specialists report 33 procedures per month.6.. Surgeons younger than 40 comprise less than 15 percent of all members. The proportion of surgeons who remain active past the age of 70 represented 5 percent of the total orthopedic workforce in 2006.