A new study has just suggested that women die more when operated on by men.
A most disturbing new finding has just been discovered by researchers. In a new study, the results of which have been published and relayed in The Guardian, they have indeed revealed that the sex of the surgeon had an impact on the outcome of a surgical intervention. The work also shows that women are 32% more likely to die from an operation performed by a male surgeon. In addition, they are more likely to have complications or be re-admitted to the hospital.hospital followingwards.
To reach these conclusions, the researchers came to study a sample of 1.3 million patients involving nearly 3,000 surgeons who took place in Canada between 2007 and 2019. The analyst thus allowed them to observe “ that patients treated by male surgeons were 15% more likely to have poor outcomes than patients treated by female surgeons Explains Dr. Angela Jerath, associate professor and clinical epidemiologist at the Universities of Toronto in Canada and co-author of the results.
The researcher explains that “ this result has real medical consequences for patients and manifests itself in more complications, hospital readmissions and deaths for women compared to men “. Published in the medical journal JAMA Surgery, the results are cause for concern for Dr Jerath. She underlines in fact that ” there should be no gender difference in patient outcomes regardless of the sex of the surgeon ».
In detail, we learn that the findings of this study come from records of patients who underwent 21 surgeries performed by 2,937 surgeons. The researchers also specify that this study is the first to examine the association between the patient’s sex, the sex of their surgeon and the results of the surgery. The data reviewed included three types of adverse postoperative outcomes: death, hospital readmission, and complications within 30 days.
To explain this higher mortality rate for women when men operate on them, the study mentions in particular ” differences between working style, decision making and judgment of male and female physicians “. She also specifies that ” when a surgeon operates, patient outcomes are generally better, especially women, even following adjusting for differences in chronic health status, age, and other factors when they experience the same procedures ».
