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Non-optimal therapy for CLTI ‘more prominent in females’
A real-world claims data analysis of nearly 200,000 patients with chronic limb-threatening ischemia (CLTI) showed that female patients were older, underwent vascular procedures less often, and received guideline-recommended drugs less frequently. However, it also highlighted that female sex was associated with better…
Sex discordance and postoperative outcomes: We should be vigilant of a real disparity in health outcomes
The recent JAMA Surgery publication “Association of surgeon-patient sex concordance with postoperative outcomes” is a population-based, retrospective cohort study of more than 1 million patients that concluded “sex discordance between surgeons and patients negatively affected outcomes following common procedures.”1 Furthermore,…
Females were 30% less likely to undergo surgery for PAD, national database study finds
A review of more than 1 million patients receiving vascular surgery over a 16-year period identified significant sex-related disparities in the treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) and peripheral arterial disease (PAD)—with females 30% less likely to undergo surgery in…
It is time to end the interview
INTERVIEWER: “Good morning, nice to meet you. Are you going to get pregnant?” While this may seem like a shocking way to begin a conversation, some version of this dialog occurs in many surgical residency interviews. According to research presented…
With Foundation help, more vascular care headed to Oklahoma
There are new vistas in Oklahoma for those in need of vascular care. That’s “vista” as in Vascular Volunteers In Service To All, or VISTA, a new initiative of the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) Foundation whose mission is “to…
Fighting the good fight: The case for multidisciplinary limb salvage in face of increasing diabetes, diversifying nation
Dramatic increases in rates of diabetes—particularly among Black females—through 2060 underscore the importance of a multidisciplinary team approach to limb salvage, according to Vincent Rowe, MD, professor of vascular surgery and endovascular therapy in the Keck School of Medicine at…