Operative Autonomy of Surgical Residents and Patient Outcomes

To the Editor We write regarding the article by Oliver et al,¹ which was recently discussed at CRAMSURG, an online journal club based in the UK (http://www.cramsurg.org). We would like to congratulate the authors for their work on resident operative autonomy.¹ Autonomous operating by competent surgeons in training is a key objective of surgical training, and the COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on this important issue for trainees worldwide.² We discussed a number of aspects of the article that we would like to raise.