E-110 Endovascular treatment decision in acute stroke: does physician sex matter? insights from an international multidisciplinary survey

Abstract

Numerous studies have compared treatment approaches of female and male physicians in different medical subspecialties, some of them revealed significant differences. To date, only few women are engaged in the neurointerventional field. Hence, it is unclear whether the treatment practice is influenced by physicians’ sex. We explored whether there are differences in treatment decisions made by female and male physicians. An international cross-sectional survey of both female and male stroke physicians and neurointerventionalists was conducted. Participants were randomly assigned 10 cases out of a pool of 22 case scenarios and asked how they would treat the patient A) assumed there were no econ..