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ArticleAnnals of surgery open : perspectives of surgical history, education, and clinical approaches2024

Association Between Surgeon Sex and Days Alive at Home Following Surgery: A Population-Based Cohort Study.

Kiyan Heybati, Raj Satkunasivam, Khatereh Aminoltejari, Hannah S Thomas, Arghavan Salles, Natalie Coburn, Frances C Wright, Lesley Gotlib Conn, Amy N Luckenbaugh, Sanjana Ranganathan and 7 more

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Article in Annals of surgery open : perspectives of surgical history, education, and clinical approaches, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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  3. The Patients are Thriving: Further Evidence of Improved Outcomes for Women Surgeons.Annals of surgery open : perspectives of surgical history, education, and clinical approaches · 2024
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17 authors.

Kiyan HeybatiFrom the Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.
Raj SatkunasivamCenter for Outcomes Research, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX.
Khatereh AminoltejariDivision of Urology, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Hannah S ThomasDivision of Urology, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Arghavan SallesDepartment of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA.
Natalie CoburnDepartment of Surgery, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Frances C WrightDepartment of Surgery, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Lesley Gotlib ConnDepartment of Surgery, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Amy N LuckenbaughDepartment of Urology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN.
Sanjana RanganathanDepartment of Urology, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX.
Carlos RiverosDepartment of Urology, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX.
Colin McCartneyDepartment of Anesthesia, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Kathleen ArmstrongDivision of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Barbara BassGeorge Washington University, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, WA.
Allan S DetskyInstitute for Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Angela JerathInstitute for Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Christopher J D WallisDivision of Urology, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objective: The objective of this study was to measure potential associations between surgeon sex and number of days alive and at home (DAH). Background: Patients treated by female surgeons appear to have lower rates of mortality, complications, readmissions, and healthcare costs when compared with male surgeons. DAH is a validated measure, shown to better capture the patient experience of postoperative recovery. Methods: We conducted a retrospective study of adults (≥18 years of age) undergoing common surgeries between January 01, 2007 and December 31, 2019 in Ontario, Canada. The outcome measures were the number of DAH within 30-, 90-, and 365-days. The data was summarized using descriptive statistics and adjusted using multivariable generalized estimating equations. Results: During the study period, 1,165,711 individuals were included, of which 61.9% (N = 721,575) were female. Those managed by a female surgeon experienced a higher mean number of DAH when compared with male surgeons at 365 days (351.7 Conclusions: Patients of female surgeons experienced a higher number of DAH when compared with those treated by male surgeons at all time points. More time spent at home after surgery may in turn lower costs of care, resource utilization, and potentially improve quality of life. Further studies are needed to examine these findings across other care contexts.

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PMCPMC11415092

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