Gender representation in surgery: progress and challenges in recent years

Affiliations

¹ Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary.
² Sumy State University, Sumy, Ukraine.
³ University of Ghana Medical School, Accra, Ghana.
⁴ Department of General Surgery, Hayatabad Medical Complex, Peshawar, Pakistan.
⁵ Royal College of Surgeons - School of Medicine, Dublin, Ireland.
⁶ Dr Kiran C Patel College of Allopathic Medicine, Nova Southeastern University, Davie, Florida.
⁷ Washington University of Health and Science, San Pedro, Belize.
⁸ Institute of Urology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA.
⁹ BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal.
¹⁰ Department of General Surgery, Istanbul Medeniyet University, Istanbul, Turkey.

Aashna Mehta et al. Int J Surg. 2023.

. 2023 Mar 1;109(3):599-600.

doi: 10.1097/JS9.0000000000000189.

¹ Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary.
² Sumy State University, Sumy, Ukraine.
³ University of Ghana Medical School, Accra, Ghana.
⁴ Department of General Surgery, Hayatabad Medical Complex, Peshawar, Pakistan.
⁵ Royal College of Surgeons - School of Medicine, Dublin, Ireland.
⁶ Dr Kiran C Patel College of Allopathic Medicine, Nova Southeastern University, Davie, Florida.
⁷ Washington University of Health and Science, San Pedro, Belize.
⁸ Institute of Urology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA.
⁹ BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal.
¹⁰ Department of General Surgery, Istanbul Medeniyet University, Istanbul, Turkey.

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