PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Johanna Maria Ospel AU - Nima Kashani AU - Alexis T Wilson AU - Urs Fischer AU - Bruce C V Campbell AU - Pillai N Sylaja AU - Shinichi Yoshimura AU - Alejandro A Rabinstein AU - Francis Turjman AU - Peter Mitchell AU - Byung Moon Kim AU - Mathew P Cherian AU - Ji Hoe Heo AU - Blaise W Baxter AU - Anna Podlasek AU - Mona Foss AU - Bijoy K Menon AU - Mohammed A Almekhlafi AU - Andrew M Demchuk AU - Michael D Hill AU - Gustavo Saposnik AU - Mayank Goyal TI - Endovascular treatment decision in acute stroke: does physician gender matter? Insights from UNMASK EVT, an international, multidisciplinary survey AID - 10.1136/neurintsurg-2019-015003 DP - 2020 Mar 01 TA - Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery PG - 256--259 VI - 12 IP - 3 4099 - http://jnis.bmj.com/content/12/3/256.short 4100 - http://jnis.bmj.com/content/12/3/256.full SO - J NeuroIntervent Surg2020 Mar 01; 12 AB - Background and purpose Differences in the treatment practice of female and male physicians have been shown in several medical subspecialties. It is currently not known whether this also applies to endovascular stroke treatment. The purpose of this study was to explore whether there are differences in endovascular treatment decisions made by female and male stroke physicians and neurointerventionalists.Methods In an international survey, stroke physicians and neurointerventionalists were randomly assigned 10 case scenarios and asked how they would treat the patient: (A) assuming there were no external constraints and (B) given their local working conditions. Descriptive statistics were used to describe baseline demographics, and the adjusted OR for physician gender as a predictor of endovascular treatment decision was calculated using logistic regression.Results 607 physicians (97 women, 508 men, 2 who did not wish to declare) participated in this survey. Physician gender was neither a significant predictor for endovascular treatment decision under assumed ideal conditions (endovascular therapy was favored by 77.0% of female and 79.3% of male physicians, adjusted OR 1.03, P=0.806) nor under current local resources (endovascular therapy was favored by 69.1% of female and 76.9% of male physicians, adjusted OR 1.03, P=0.814).Conclusion Endovascular therapy decision making between male and female physicians did not differ under assumed ideal conditions or under current local resources.