{"id":204160,"date":"2017-10-11T11:57:19","date_gmt":"2017-10-11T11:57:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/patients-of-female-surgeons-12-per-cent-less-likely-to-die-2\/"},"modified":"2017-10-11T11:57:19","modified_gmt":"2017-10-11T11:57:19","slug":"patients-of-female-surgeons-12-per-cent-less-likely-to-die-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/patients-of-female-surgeons-12-per-cent-less-likely-to-die-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Patients of female surgeons 12 per cent less likely to die"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"mol-bullets-with-font\">\n<li class=\"\"><strong>Study revealed patients operated on by female surgeons are 12% less likely to die<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"\"><strong>Women surgeons &#8216;less likely to take risks&#8217; and their care is more &#8216;patient centred&#8217;\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"\"><strong>Research has shown female doctors work harder in order to prove themselves\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"author-section byline-plain\">By<\/p>\n<p>Sophie Borland for the Daily Mail<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"byline-section\"><span class=\"article-timestamp article-timestamp-published\"><br \/>\n  <span class=\"article-timestamp-label\">Published:<\/span><br \/>\n  19:26 EDT, 10 October 2017<br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n | <span class=\"article-timestamp article-timestamp-updated\"><br \/>\n  <span class=\"article-timestamp-label\">Updated:<\/span><br \/>\n  19:30 EDT, 10 October 2017<br \/>\n<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"share-facebook\"><\/li>\n<li class=\"share-twitter\"><\/li>\n<li class=\"share-pinterest\"><\/li>\n<li class=\"share-gplus\">\n      <span class=\"g-interactivepost\"><br \/>\n        <a><\/a><br \/>\n      <\/span>\n        <\/li>\n<li class=\"share-email\">\n<p>                <span class=\"wai\">e-mail<\/span><br \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/li>\n<li class=\"share-icons\" id=\"shareLinkTop\">\n            <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>     <span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"count-number\">          79<\/p>\n<p class=\"count-text\">View <br \/> comments<\/p>\n<p>    <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Women surgeons have lower death rates than men, a study has discovered.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Female surgeons were thought to be more skilled, better at following guidelines and superior at communicating with other staff, researchers said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">They found patients operated on by women were 12 per cent less likely to die.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The study compared outcomes for patients undergoing one of 25 surgical procedures by a female surgeon with those having the same operation from a man.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">A total of 104,630 patients and 3,314 surgeons were involved and it took place at a hospital in Ontario, Canada<\/a>, between 2007 and 2015.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-d99af68599d0e6cc\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Research from the University of Toronto has revealed patients operated on my female surgeons are 12 per cent less likely to die than those treated by men. File image\u00a0\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/><\/p>\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-d99af68599d0e6cc\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/10\/11\/00\/45357EB500000578-4968268-image-a-29_1507677773556.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Research from the University of Toronto has revealed patients operated on my female surgeons are 12 per cent less likely to die than those treated by men. File image\u00a0\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Research from the University of Toronto has revealed patients operated on my female surgeons are 12 per cent less likely to die than those treated by men. File image\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The results showed women surgeons had slightly lower death rates than men, with their patients 12 per cent less likely to die.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">This difference was very small \u2013 with only one extra death for every 230 procedures at the hands of male surgeons compared with women.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">And patients treated by men were no more likely to suffer further complications or need to be admitted back to hospital.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Nonetheless, the findings do back up previous studies which had found women doctors were far less likely to be struck off than male colleagues.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The authors from the University of Toronto speculated that the care of female surgeons was more &#8216;patient centred&#8217;, in line with guidelines&#8217; and involves &#8216;superior communication&#8217;.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"rotator-panels link-bogr1 linkro-ccox\">\n<li>\n<p>  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/10\/10\/23\/453556CC00000578-0-image-a-6_1507675718843.jpg\" width=\"62\" height=\"60\" \/><span>It&#8217;s finally safe to eat runny eggs again: Watchdog gives&#8230;<\/span><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/10\/10\/18\/4532E24900000578-0-image-a-45_1507656408988.jpg\" width=\"62\" height=\"60\" \/><span>White people are more likely to be diagnosed with cancer&#8230;<\/span><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">There is also evidence that they take fewer risks than men and are more inclined to ask for help from colleagues if things go wrong.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Professor Clare Marx, the former president of the Royal College of Surgeons and Professor Derek Alderson, the current president, said the findings would help dispel &#8216;an unconscious bias&#8217; among patients \u2013 and staff \u2013 against women doctors.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;This study helps to combat these lingering biases by confirming the safety, skill, and expertise of women surgeons relative to their male colleagues,&#8217; they wrote in an editorial accompanying the study in the BMJ.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">But they urged patients not to worry about the sex of their surgeon. They added they were not &#8216;convinced that the sex of the surgeon will emerge as an important determinant of a good outcome for patients having surgery&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Research in 2015 found that female doctors were two and a half times less likely to be struck off or sued for negligence than men.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-86d79984b6b396f6\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\" alt=\"The study claims women are less likely to take risks and their care is more 'patient-centred', but researchers stress the difference in fatality rates are very small and patients shouldn't worry about the sex of their surgeon\u00a0\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/><\/p>\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-86d79984b6b396f6\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/10\/11\/00\/45357E8200000578-4968268-image-a-30_1507677784331.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\" alt=\"The study claims women are less likely to take risks and their care is more 'patient-centred', but researchers stress the difference in fatality rates are very small and patients shouldn't worry about the sex of their surgeon\u00a0\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">The study claims women are less likely to take risks and their care is more &#8216;patient-centred&#8217;, but researchers stress the difference in fatality rates are very small and patients shouldn&#8217;t worry about the sex of their surgeon\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Experts have speculated that women doctors work harder because they feel obliged to prove themselves.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The NHS does not publish the numbers of male and female surgeons practising in England.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">But figures show that women make up just 11 per cent of consultant surgeons \u2013 the most senior roles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Experts say women are less inclined to become surgeons because they are less confident they will succeed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">It takes ten years to qualify as a surgeon and at least six more to become a consultant.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Research by the University of Exeter in 2013 also found women believed surgery was a &#8216;stereotypically masculine career&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>            <!-- ad: http:\/\/mads.dailymail.co.uk\/v2\/us\/health\/none\/article\/other\/inread_player.html --><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"social-links-title\">Share or comment on this article<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"bigLinks sc-icns cleared\">\n<li class=\"share-facebook\">\n<p>                                    <span class=\"wai\">e-mail<\/span><br \/>\n                                <\/a>\n                            <\/li>\n<li class=\"share-icons\" id=\"shareLinkBottom\">\n<p>                                <\/a>\n                            <\/li>\n<li class=\"social-stats social-stats-pipe\" id=\"shareCountBottom\">\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"addCommentButton\" class=\"add-comment\">\n<p>                                <\/a>\n                            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"rotator-panels\">\n<li class=\"new shallow-ac mini link-bogr6 linkro-wocc\">\n<p>              <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/10\/11\/01\/4535B72B00000578-0-image-m-4_1507682282361.jpg\" alt=\"As the cold weather draws in, one consolation is the chance to spend cosy nights snuggled up on the sofa with a loved one (stock image)\u00a0\" width=\"154\" height=\"115\" \/><span class=\"wocc bdrcc\">Heated rows! 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