The field of surgery has long been dominated by men. According to two recent studies, female surgeons were less likely to have composite events of any major complication, poor outcome, and mortality among patients after surgery than their male counterparts. Cohort research of 1 million patients reported that patients undergoing surgery under the care of female surgeons are less likely to experience adverse postoperative outcomes 90 days to a year after the procedure.
The study found that 12.5% of patients operated by women surgeons experienced one of these composite events after 90 days, compared to nearly 14% of patients treated by male surgeons. After one year, the percentage of composite events was 25% for male and 21% for female surgeons, respectively, while the mortality was 2.4% and 1.6 % for male and female surgeons, respectively. Another cohort analysis of around 1 million…
