To the Editor:
[Re: Publish or Perish: An Aphorism for General Surgery Residents, July 2022]
Dr. Lopez-Viego has progressed from writing a poorly worded diatribe against the failures of intraoperative teaching (November 2021, page 1) to a brilliant assessment of the futility and waste associated with academic requirements for resident laboratory work during surgical residency.
I have neither been involved with nor have I been required to participate in surgical laboratory research, but have long