Association of Surgeon-Patient Sex Concordance With Postoperative Outcomes.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Surgeon sex is associated with differential postoperative outcomes, though the mechanism remains unclear. Sex concordance of surgeons and patients may represent a potential mechanism, given prior associations with physician-patient relationships.

Objective

To examine the association between surgeon-patient sex discordance and postoperative outcomes.

Design, setting, and participants

In this population-based, retrospective cohort study, adult patients 18 years and older undergoing one of 21 common elective or emergent surgical procedures in Ontario, Canada, from 2007 to 2019 were analyzed. Data were analyzed from November 2020 to March 2021.

Exposures

Surgeon-patient sex concordance (male surgeon with male patient, female surgeon with female patient)

SUBMITTER: Wallis CJD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8655669 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature