ArticleJournal of the American Heart Association2026
Patient-Surgeon Sex Concordance and Clinical Outcomes After Adult Cardiac Surgery.
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- Association of surgeon sex with postoperative adverse outcomes in adult cardiac surgery: a nationwide cohort study.Journal of cardiothoracic surgery · 2026Article
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Abstract
backgroundPatient-surgeon sex concordance influences postoperative outcomes in general surgery, but its relevance in cardiac surgery is unknown.
methodsThis was a cohort study of 223 065 Medicare beneficiaries undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting, surgical aortic valve replacement, and/or proximal aortic surgery from 2010 to 2021, stratified by surgeon and patient sex. The primary and secondary outcomes were composites of mortality and morbidity (myocardial infarction, stroke, and all-cause readmission) at 30 days and 5 years postoperatively, respectively. Multivariable regression analysis identified independent associations.
resultsThe male surgeon-male patient group comprised 59.9% (133 533/223 065), the female surgeon-male patient group comprised 8.3% (18 623/223 065), the female surgeon-female patient group comprised 3.8% (8466/223 065), and the male surgeon-female patient group comprised 28.0% (62 443/223 065) of the cohort. There was no difference in the incidence of the 30-day composite outcome between groups and no independent association of sex concordance with the 30-day composite outcome (odds ratio sex discordance, 1.00 [95% CI, 0.96-1.04];
conclusionsThere was no independent association of patient-surgeon sex concordance with 30-day or 5-year outcomes after cardiac surgery.
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