ArticleBMJ (Clinical research ed.)2017
Comparison of postoperative outcomes among patients treated by male and female surgeons: a population based matched cohort study.
Article in BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 189 papers, 8 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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189 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Operative Mortality for Male Versus Female Surgeons: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.The Journal of surgical research · 2025Pooled it
- The association between physician sex and patient outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC health services research · 2025Pooled it
- Patient-physician sex concordance and outcomes in cardiovascular disease: a systematic review.European heart journal · 2024Pooled it
- Does surgeon sex and anthropometry matter for tool usability in traditional laparoscopic surgery? A systematic review and meta-analysis.Surgical endoscopy · 2023Pooled it
- Is Empowerment of Female Radiologists Still Needed? Findings of a Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
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- Impact of physician's sex/gender on processes of care, and clinical outcomes in cardiac operative care: a systematic review.BMJ open · 2020Pooled it
- A Systematic Review of Gender-Based Differences in Hirsch Index Among Academic Surgeons.The Journal of surgical research · 2019Pooled it
- Gender-focused training improves leadership of female medical students: A randomised trial.Medical education · 2022Trial
- The Effect of Expert Feedback on Antibiotic Prescribing in Pediatrics: Experimental Evidence.Medical decision making : an international journal of the Society for Medical Decision Making · 2019Trial
- Gender Differences Among Urologists in the Assessment and Utilization of ESWL Treatment: Insights from a Multinational Survey of 3747 Participants.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Women in space: A review of known physiological adaptations and health perspectives.Experimental physiology · 2026Review
- Factors influencing female physicians' careers in the German-speaking part of Switzerland.npj health systems · 2026Article
- Career orientation among medical students in Germany: perceived motivating factors and barriers to pursuing oral and maxillofacial surgery - a nationwide survey.Oral and maxillofacial surgery · 2026Article
- Gender Discrimination Against Women in Surgery Is Due to Implicit Bias Rather Than Quantifiable Differences in Clinical Performance.The Permanente journal · 2026Article
- Association of surgeon sex with postoperative adverse outcomes in adult cardiac surgery: a nationwide cohort study.Journal of cardiothoracic surgery · 2026Article
- Influence of sex differences among endoscopists in gastric cancer and precancerous condition detection rate during EGD in the artificial intelligence era: a retrospective study.Surgical endoscopy · 2026Article
- The power of webinars: expanding diverse female representation and role models in surgery.BMC medical education · 2026Article
- Gender Based Salary Differences Among United States Academic Otolaryngologists.Otolaryngology--head and neck surgery : official journal of American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery · 2026Article
- Patient-Surgeon Sex Concordance and Clinical Outcomes After Adult Cardiac Surgery.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2026Article
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