2023-09-03 15:39:34
Patients treated by women survived better even one year following the operation
According to two new studies, the results of surgical procedures are better when they are carried out by female surgeons. The results have been published in the new issue of the journal JAMA Surgery.
Researchers looked at medical complications, rehospitalizations, and mortality rates following surgery in nearly 1.2 million patients between 2007 and 2019. Records included 25 different surgeries of the heart, brain, bone, and blood vessels.
Results showed that 90 days following surgery, 13.9% of patients treated by a male surgeon experienced “adverse events”, a term that includes death and medical complications, ranging from problems requiring new surgery to significant infections or heart attacks. In contrast, the complication rate in patients operated on by women was 12.5%.
FRED TANNEAU / AFPSurgeons performing an operation (illustration)
Patients treated by women survived better even one year following the operation, when the complication rate during this period was 20.7%, compared to 25% in those treated by surgeons. When the researchers looked only at deaths following surgery, the difference was even greater: Patients operated on by men had a 25% higher risk of dying one year following surgery, compared to those operated on by women. .
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