Residents' working hours and patient safety: Have we finally laid the issue to rest.

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Bilimoria KY, Chung JW, Hedges LV, Dahlke RD, Love R, Cohen ME, Hoyt DB, Yang AD, Tarpley JL, Mellinger JD, Mahvi DM, Kelz RR, Ko CY, Odell DD, Stulberg JJ, Lewis FR. (Surgical Outcomes and Quality Improvement Center [SOQIC], Department of Surgery and Center for Healthcare Studies, Feinberg School of Medicine and Northwestern Medicine, Northwestern University, Evanston; the American College of Surgeons, Chicago; Department of Statistics, Northwestern University, Evanston; Department of Surgery, Southern Illinois University, Springfield; Department of Surgery, Vanderbilt University, Nashville; Department of Surgery and the Center for Surgery and Health Economics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania; the American Board of Surgery, Philadelphia; Department of Surgery, University of California, Los Angeles, School of Medicine, Los Angeles, USA.) National cluster randomized trial of duty-hour flexibility in surgical training. N Engl J Med 2016;374713–27.