Journal article
Endovascular treatment decision in acute stroke: Does physician gender matter? Insights from UNMASK EVT, an international, multidisciplinary survey
JM Ospel, N Kashani, AT Wilson, U Fischer, BCV Campbell, PN Sylaja, S Yoshimura, AA Rabinstein, F Turjman, P Mitchell, BM Kim, MP Cherian, JH Heo, BW Baxter, A Podlasek, M Foss, BK Menon, MA Almekhlafi, AM Demchuk, MD Hill Show all
Journal of Neurointerventional Surgery | Published : 2020
Abstract
Background and purpose Differences in the treatment practice of female and male physicians have been shown in several medical subspecialties. It is currently not known whether this also applies to endovascular stroke treatment. The purpose of this study was to explore whether there are differences in endovascular treatment decisions made by female and male stroke physicians and neurointerventionalists. Methods In an international survey, stroke physicians and neurointerventionalists were randomly assigned 10 case scenarios and asked how they would treat the patient: (A) assuming there were no external constraints and (B) given their local working conditions. Descriptive statistics were used ..
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Funding Acknowledgements
This work was supported by Stryker Inc through an unrestricted research grant to the University of Calgary. The company was not involved in the design, execution, analysis, and interpretation or reporting of the results.