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Table 2 Surgeon gender

From: The gender gap in academic surgery: the electronic health record

Specialty, n (%)

Women

Men

p-value a

Otolaryngology

11 (29)

27 (71)

< 0.001*

General surgeryb

30 (33)

61 (67)

 

Neurosurgery

4 (16)

21 (84)

 

Gynecologic surgeryc

15 (88)

2 (12)

 

Ophthalmology

24 (37)

41 (63)

 

Orthopedic surgery

8 (17)

39 (83)

 

Plastic surgery

6 (33)

12 (67)

 

Urology

4 (18)

18 (82)

 

Total

102 (32)

221 (68)

 
  1. EHR, electronic health record. *p < 0.05. aChi-square test. bIncludes vascular, minimally invasive, pediatric, cardiac, pediatric cardiac colorectal, thoracic, hepatobiliary, acute care and trauma, transplant, surgical oncology, surgical specialties. cOnly gynecologic surgeons without obstetric duties were included
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