The Gender Divide: The Impact of Surgeon Gender on Surgical Practice Patterns in Urology

Journal of Urology

Volumn 196, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 1522-1526

  Oberlin, Daniel T ^a   Vo, Amanda X ^a   Bachrach, Laurie ^a   Flury, Sarah C ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

physician's; practice patterns; socioeconomic factors; surgeons; urology; women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER TUMOR; CANCER SURGERY; CURRENT PROCEDURAL TERMINOLOGY; EXTRACORPOREAL SHOCK WAVE LITHOTRIPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEPHRECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATECTOMY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBURETHRAL SLING PROCEDURE; SURGEON; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; UNITED STATES; URETEROSCOPY; UROLOGIC SURGERY; UROLOGIST; VASECTOMY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE PHYSICIAN; SEX FACTOR; STANDARDS; UROLOGY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIANS, WOMEN; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; UROLOGY;

EID: 84992313482     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: 15273792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2016.05.030     Document Type: Article

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