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Are female patients more likely to die if the surgeon is male?

Jan 23, 202211 minTranscript available on Metacast
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Episode description

In early January several newspapers ran article claiming that ‘women are 32% more likely to die after operation by male surgeon. If true, this is a terrifying figure but is all as it seems? We dig into the data to find out whether women should really be worried about having a male surgeon.