Innovation in spine surgery requires greater diversity

BY DR BEN DAVIES

References and further reading:

  1. Cornwall GB, Davis A, Walsh WR, Mobbs RJ and Vaccaro A (2020) Innovation and New Technologies in Spine Surgery, Circa 2020: A Fifty-Year Review. Frontiers in Surgery 7:575318. doi: 10.3389/fsurg.2020.575318
  2. Grodzinski B, Bestwick H, Bhatti F, Durham R, Khan M, Partha Sarathi CI, Teh JQ, Mowforth O and Davies B (2021) Research activity amongst DCM research priorities. Acta Neurochir (Wien) 163(6):1561-1568. doi: 10.1007/s00701-021-04767-6
  3. WINS White Paper Committee: Benzil DL, Abosch A, Germano I, Gilmer H, Maraire JN et al. (2008) The future of neurosurgery: a white paper on the recruitment and retention of women in neurosurgery. J Neurosurg 109(3):378–86.
  4. Women in Surgery (2020) https://www.rcseng.ac.uk/careers-in-surgery/women-in-surgery/statistics/
  5. Post AF, Dai JB, Li AY, Maniya AY, Haider S, Sobotka S et al. (2019) Workforce Analysis of Spine Surgeons Involved with Neurological and Orthopedic Surgery Residency Training. World Neurosurgery 122:e147-55.
  6. Hiller KP, Boulos A, Tran MM and Cruz AI (2020) What Are the Rates and Trends of Women Authors in Three High-impact Orthopaedic Journals from 2006-2017? Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research 478(7):1553-60.
  7. Chambers CC, Ihnow SB, Monroe EJ and Suleiman LI (2018) Women in Orthopaedic Surgery: Population Trends in Trainees and Practicing Surgeons. J Bone Joint Surg Am 5;100(17):e116.
  8. Garikipati S and Kambhampati U (2020) Leading the Fight Against the Pandemic: Does Gender ‘Really’ Matter? Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3617953 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3617953
  9. Wallis CJD, Jerath A, Coburn N et al. (2021) Association of Surgeon-Patient Sex Concordance with Postoperative Outcomes. JAMA Surg. Published online December 08, 2021. doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2021.6339

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