Incidence of Infertility and Pregnancy Complications in US Female Surgeons.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

While surgeons often delay pregnancy and childbearing because of training and establishing early careers, little is known about risks of infertility and pregnancy complications among female surgeons.

Objective

To describe the incidence of infertility and pregnancy complications among female surgeons in the US and to identify workplace factors associated with increased risk compared with a sociodemographically similar nonsurgeon population.

Design, setting, and participants

This self-administered survey questionnaire was electronically distributed and collected from November 2020 to January 2021 through multiple surgical societies in the US and social media among male and female attending and resident surgeons with children. Nonchildbearing surgeons were ask

SUBMITTER: Rangel EL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9382914 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature