The modern medical landscape is dominated by males, and medications and medical devices
are designed by males for males. Sex discordance of surgeon-patient is associated
with poorer outcomes for female patients of male surgeons, but not male patients of
female surgeons.
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Recent studies have revealed that women patients fare better with women surgeons;
some possible contributing factors include that female surgeons are more likely to
study female-focused topics and invent things to improve the health of women,
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describe sex-differences in their research,
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and have better patient outcomes.
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Female leadership in surgery is essential for the building of the pipeline to nurture
female surgeons. We aimed to describe the gender composition of surgical chairs, assess
gender disparities in surgical chairs, and identify potential female-specific career
enhancement strategies.- Wallis C.J.D.
- Ravi B.
- Coburn N.
- et al.
Comparison of postoperative outcomes among patients treated by male and female surgeons:
a population based matched cohort study.
BMJ. 2017; 359 (j4366)https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.j4366
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Publication history
Published online: August 04, 2022
Accepted:
August 1,
2022
Received in revised form:
July 22,
2022
Received:
June 21,
2022
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